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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eddie Acuff
Actor
3-Jun-1903 17-Dec-1956 Mr. Beasley in Blondie
Dave Alexander
Bassist
3-Jun-1947 10-Feb-1975 Original bassist for the Stooges
Werner Arber
Scientist
3-Jun-1929   Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Chuck Barris
Game Show Host
3-Jun-1929   Host of The Gong Show
Roscoe Bartlett
Politician
3-Jun-1926   Congressman, Maryland 6th
Georg von Békésy
Scientist
3-Jun-1899 13-Jun-1972 Mechanism of cochlear stimulation
P. George Benson
Educator
3-Jun-1946   President, College of Charleston
Ken Bentsen
Politician
3-Jun-1959   Congressman from Texas, 1995-2003
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author
3-Jun-1930 25-Sep-1999 The Mists of Avalon
Norman Brinker
Business
3-Jun-1931 9-Jun-2009 CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95
Lou Cannon
Journalist
3-Jun-1933   Reagan biographer
Edward Earl Carnes
Judge
3-Jun-1950   11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Raúl Castro
Government
3-Jun-1931   President of Cuba
Anderson Cooper
Journalist
3-Jun-1967   Anderson Cooper 360
Jack Cope
Novelist
3-Jun-1913 Mar-1991 The Fair House
Ellen Corby
Actor
3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons
Joe Coulombe
Business
3-Jun-1930   Cofounder of Trader Joe's Market
Billy Cunningham
Basketball
3-Jun-1943   The Kangaroo Kid
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
Tamás Darnyi
Swimmer
3-Jun-1967   Medley swimmer, four Olympic Gold Medals
Jefferson Davis
Head of State
3-Jun-1808 6-Dec-1889 President of the Confederacy
Bruce DeMars
Military
3-Jun-1935   Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
John Derbyshire
Author
3-Jun-1945   Conservative pundit
Colleen Dewhurst
Actor
3-Jun-1924 2-Aug-1991 Murphy Brown's mother
Ducky DooLittle
Author
3-Jun-1970   Crackpot sexologist
Charles Drew
Doctor
3-Jun-1904 1-Apr-1950 First to separate blood plasma
Raoul Dufy
Painter
3-Jun-1877 23-Mar-1953 French Fauvist painter
David M. Ebel
Judge
3-Jun-1940   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2006
Erick Erickson
Blogger
3-Jun-1975   RedState.com managing editor
Maurice Evans
Actor
3-Jun-1901 12-Mar-1989 Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes
Hamilton Fish IV
Politician
3-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Frederick VIII
Royalty
3-Jun-1843 14-May-1912 King of Denmark, 1906-12
King George V
Royalty
3-Jun-1865 20-Jan-1936 King of England, 1910-1936
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Paulette Goddard
Actor
3-Jun-1910 23-Apr-1990 Reap the Wild Wind
Leo Gorcey
Actor
3-Jun-1917 2-Jun-1969 Bowery Boy
Mike Gordon
Bassist
3-Jun-1965   Bass guitarist for Phish
David N. Greenlee
Diplomat
3-Jun-1943   US Ambassador to Bolivia, 2003-06
Travis Hafner
Baseball
3-Jun-1977   Cleveland Indians
Irma P. Hall
Actor
3-Jun-1935   Soul Food
Dan Hill
Singer/Songwriter
3-Jun-1954   Sometimes When We Touch
Garret A. Hobart
Politician
3-Jun-1844 21-Nov-1899 Vice President under McKinley
John Hodgman
Author
3-Jun-1971   The Areas of My Expertise
William Hone
Author
3-Jun-1780 6-Nov-1842 The Every-Day Book
Ian Hunter
Musician
3-Jun-1939   Mott the Hoople frontman
James Hutton
Geologist
3-Jun-1726 26-Mar-1797 Theory of the Earth
Hale Irwin
Golf
3-Jun-1945   Three-time US Open winner
D. Lowell Jensen
Attorney
3-Jun-1928   Associate US Attorney General, 1983-85
Jason Jones
Comic
3-Jun-1967   The Daily Show
Kelly Jones
Musician
3-Jun-1974   Frontman for Stereophonics
Kerry King
Guitarist
3-Jun-1964   Slayer guitarist, lyricist
Paul Klebnikov
Journalist
3-Jun-1963 9-Jul-2004 Forbes journalist, killed in Moscow
Zoltán Korda
Film Director
3-Jun-1895 13-Oct-1961 Sahara
Bert Lance
Government
3-Jun-1931   OMB Director, 1977
Lawrence Lessig
Attorney
3-Jun-1961   Constitutional and internet law
Otto Loewi
Scientist
3-Jun-1873 25-Dec-1961 Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Denis Mackail
Novelist
3-Jun-1892 1971 Greenery Street
Curtis Mayfield
Musician
3-Jun-1942 26-Dec-1999 Superfly soundtrack
Seamus P. McCaffery
Judge
3-Jun-1950   Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Larry McMurtry
Novelist
3-Jun-1936   Lonesome Dove
Rafael Nadal
Tennis
3-Jun-1986   Winner of four French Opens
John Norman
Author
3-Jun-1931   Chronicles of Gor
Ransom E. Olds
Business
3-Jun-1864 26-Aug-1950 Founder of Nucor and Oldsmobile
Solomon Ortiz
Politician
3-Jun-1937   Congressman from Texas, 1983-2011
Raymond Pearl
Biologist
3-Jun-1879 17-Nov-1940 Biogerontology
Jan Peerce
Singer
3-Jun-1904 15-Dec-1984 Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera
Suzie Plakson
Actor
3-Jun-1958   Mary Margaret Tynan on Love & War
Billy Powell
Musician
3-Jun-1952 28-Jan-2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist
James Purefoy
Actor
3-Jun-1964   Feast of July
Suzi Quatro
Musician
3-Jun-1950   Can the Can
Boots Randolph
Musician
3-Jun-1927 3-Jul-2007 Yakety Sax
Rudy Ratzinger
Electronic Musician
3-Jun-1966   :wumpscut:
Alain Resnais
Film Director
3-Jun-1922   Hiroshima mon amour
Ian M. Rolland
Business
3-Jun-1933   CEO of Lincoln National, 1977-98
Eric S. Rosengren
Economist
3-Jun-1957   President and CEO, Boston Fed
Saffron
Singer
3-Jun-1968   Republica
Henry Shrapnel
Inventor
3-Jun-1761 13-Mar-1842 Explosive artillery shell
Robert L. F. Sikes
Politician
3-Jun-1906 28-Sep-1994 Congressman from Florida, 1945-79
Otto R. Skopil, Jr.
Judge
3-Jun-1919   9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-86
Sydney Smith
Religion
3-Jun-1771 22-Feb-1845 Instigated the Edinburgh Review
Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematographer
3-Jun-1903 7-Jan-1995 The Window
Emmitt Thomas
Football
3-Jun-1943   KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer
Scott Valentine
Actor
3-Jun-1958   Det. Rafferty on Black Scorpion
Jay Van Andel
Business
3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire
Torsten N. Wiesel
Scientist
3-Jun-1924   Neurophysiology of vision
John S. Wilder
Politician
3-Jun-1921 1-Jan-2010 Lt. Governor of Tennessee, 1971-2007
Deniece Williams
Singer
3-Jun-1951   Let's Hear It For The Boy
James Wilson
Publisher
3-Jun-1805 11-Aug-1860 Founder of The Economist
Penelope Wilton
Actor
3-Jun-1946   Ann on Ever Decreasing Circles
Edward Winter
Actor
3-Jun-1937 8-Mar-2001 Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H




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