Birthdays

January 1, 1618 — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo artist d; 1682

January 1, 1735 — Paul Revere silversmith, patriot d; 1818

January 1, 1752 — Betsy Ross [Elizabeth Griscom] flagmaker d; 1836

January 1, 1879 — E.M. [Edward Morgan] Forster author d; 1970

January 1, 1900 — Xavier Cugat [Francisco Deulogeo] violinist, composer d; 1990

January 1, 1909 — Dana Andrews actor d; 1992

January 1, 1916 — Earl Wrightson actor, singer d: 1993

January 1, 1919 — J.D. [Jerome David] Salinger author

January 1, 1921 — Rocky Graziano [Rocco Barbella] champion prize fighter d: 1990

January 1, 1922 — Ernest Hollings U.S. Senator

January 1, 1923 — Milton Jackson jazz musician, vibraphonist d: 1999

January 1, 1925 — Valentina Cortese actress

January 1, 1927 — Ewell Doak Walker football d: 1998

January 1, 1928 — Frank Pourcel composer, violinist

January 1, 1935 — Bernard Kliban cartoonist

January 1, 1940 — Frank Langella actor

January 1, 1940 — Jahn Helmut architect

January 1, 1942 — Billy Lothridge football

January 1, 1942 — Country Joe McDonald singer

January 1, 1943 — Don Novello actor, comedian

January 1, 1943 — Tony Knowles Governor or Alaska

January 1, 1943 — Father Guido Sarducci [Don Novello] actor, comedian

January 1, 1945 — Jacky [Jacques] Ickx race car driver

January 1, 1947 — Leonard Thompson golfer