Born: Apr. 7, 1873Baseball managed NY Giants to 9 NL pennants between 1905-24; won 3 World Series (1905,21-22); 2nd on all-time career list with 2,866 wins in 33 seasons (2,840 regular season and…
Born: May 23, 1944Australian tennis player No.1 player in world 3 times (1967,70-71); won Wimbledon 3 times and U.S. and Australian championships twice each.
Born: Aug. 9, 1965Wrestler 2-time NCAA champion for Oklahoma St. at 134 lbs (1987-88) and Most Outstanding Wrestler of '88 championships; 3-time world champion; gold medal winner at 1988 and '92…
Born: Mar 26, 1962Basketball G all-time NBA leader in every major assist category, including most in a season (1,164), highest average in a season (14.5 per game) and most overall (15,806); also…
Born: Sept. 2, 1941Basketball coached centers Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo at Georgetown; reached NCAA tourney final 3 out of 4 years with Ewing, winning title in 1984; also…
director, producerBorn: 1/16/1948Birthplace: Carthage, New York Director and producer best known for his work on horror and sci-fi action films, including Halloween (1978), Christine (1983),…
(Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)singer, songwriterBorn: 12/31/1943Birthplace: Roswell, New Mexico The top pop recording artist of the 1970s, he first achieved success with the song “Leaving on a Jet…
actorBorn: 6/28/1966Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois Intelligent, highly regarded actor who graduated from “brat pack” films such as Class (1983) and Sixteen Candles (1984) to complex roles in films…
