Born: June 27, 1947Basketball NCAA scoring leader 3 times at LSU (1968-70); averaged NCAA-record 44.2 points a game over career; Player of Year in 1970; NBA scoring champ in '77 with New Orleans.…
Born: Aug. 31, 1915Basketball coached at Univ. of San Francisco, Michigan St. and the Univ. of California; first coach to win NIT (San Francisco-1949), NCAA (California-1959) and Olympic gold medal…
Born: Apr. 14, 1941Baseball OF-IF all-time hits leader with 4,256 and games leader with 3562; led NL in batting 3 times; regular-season MVP in 1973; World Series MVP in 1975; had 44-game hitting…
Born: Mar. 1, 1926Football NFL Commissioner from 1960-89; presided over growth of league from 12 to 28 teams, merger with AFL, creation of Super Bowl and advent of huge TV rights fees.Died:…
Born: Aug. 12, 1971Tennis No.1 player in world from 1993-98; youngest ever U.S. Open men's champion (19 years, 28 days) in 1990; his win at U.S. Open in 2002 gave him 14 grand slam singles titles…
Born: Aug. 21, 1962Bowler 2nd on all-time PBA money list; 1980 PBA Rookie of the Year; inducted into PBA Hall of Fame (1998); has 31 PBA titles; son of Dick.
Born: February 5, 1971American Coxswain Won gold in the 2004 Olympics in the heavyweight men's eight; won World Championships in the heavyweight men's eight in 1997, 1998, and 1999. Attended St.…
musician; composerBorn: 5/19/1945Birthplace: London, England Townshend is one of the founding members of the rock group The Who. Their main songwriter, he is also the composer of the original rock…
ActorBorn: 2/7/1946Birthplace: Warrington, England Born in Warrington, England to working-class parents, Pete Postlethwaite spent two years in a seminary as a young boy,…
