a new invention was announced by Thomas Edison (1877)
Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives; also, actors Joseph Campanella (81), Marlo Thomas (71), Juliet Mills (67), Harold Ramis (64), Goldie Hawn (63) and Cherry Jones (52)
Icelandic singer, songwriter, actor; singer/songwriter Livingston Taylor (58) shares this birth date
Dallas Cowboys quarterback; team players Stan Musial (88), Earl Monroe (64), Michael Strahan (37) and Ken Griffey, Jr., (39) were also born on this date
jazz's first great tenor sax player