Headline Birthdays for June 18
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 1769-1822
born in Dublin, son
of the Marquess of Londonderry; died by his own hand in London Aug. 12, 1822;
1790 entered the Irish Parliament, and the British Parliament in 1794; 1798
acting chief secretary for Ireland at the time of the Irish rebellion; 1800
worked for the Act of Union of England and Ireland; 1801 resigned with William
Pitt when George III refused to allow Catholic Emancipation; 1802-06 President
of the India board of control; 1805-06, 1807-09 served as Secretary
of War, planning the reorganization and expansion of the army; dispatched
a British expedition to Portugal, and after the early disasters in the Peninsular
War, put Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) in command; 1809 fought
a duel, and wounded his colleague George Canning, and both resigned; 1812-22
served as Foreign Secretary, helping to organize the Grand Alliance against
Napoleon Bonaparte; advocated a moderate peace settlement for France, including
restoration of the Bourbon monarchy and the limitation of France to her prewar
boundaries; 1814-15 at the Congress of Vienna worked to establish the United
Netherlands and the German Confederation.
James Montgomery Flagg 1877-1960
born at Pelham Manor, New York;
died in New York City May 27, 1960; illustrator, poster artist, portrait
painter; best known for his illustrations of buxom women and his World War
I recruiting poster of a pointing Uncle Sam with the caption "I Want YOU
for U.S. Army".
Sammy Cahn 1913-1993
born Samuel Cohen in New York City; died in Los
Angeles, California Jan. 15, 1993; Tin Pan Alley songwriter; collaborating
with such composers as Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne, and Jimmy Van Heusen, wrote
songs that had 22 Academy Award nominations, won four Oscars and became number
one hits for many performers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Louis
Armstrong, the Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters and Frank
Sinatra; Academy Award-winning songs are Three Coins in the Fountain (1954),
All the Way (1957), High Hopes (1959), and Call Me Irresponsible (1963);
won an Emmy for Frank Sinatra's rendition of Love And Marriage, introduced
in the 1955 TV musical Our Town; wrote movie scores for A Song to Remember,
April in Paris, A Hole in the Head, Robin and the Seven Hoods; hit songs
include Shoe Shine Boy, Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand),
My Kind of Town, September of My Years, The Tender Trap, To Love and Be Loved,
High Time, Where Love Has Gone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Pocketful of
Miracles, Call Me Irresponsible, The Second Time Around, I'll Walk Alone,
I Fall in Love Too Easily, Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night in the Week,
As Long as There's Music, Come Out, Come Out, Five Minutes More, and The
Things We Did Last Summer; 1974 starred in the Broadway musical Words and
Music, a revue featuring his own patter and songs. Quote: "My opinion of
the music of today is simply put: Whatever the number-one song in the world
is at this moment, I wish my name were on it."
Allan Rex Sandage 1926-
born in Iowa City, Iowa; astronomer; he and
radio astronomer Thomas A. Matthews were the first to discover the quasar,
or quasi-stellar radio source, a starlike object that emits powerful radio
waves.
Paul McCartney 1942-
born in Liverpool; rock musician, composer; played
and wrote for The Quarrymen, The Moondogs, The Silver Beatles, The Beatles
and Wings; 1956 started career at age 13 when he asked John Lennon if he
could join Lennon's group, the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles;
had 49 hits, including She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Sergeant
Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band; 1969 began a career on his own, just before
the break-up of the Beatles, with a solo album which contained the hit single,
Maybe I'm Amazed; his second album, Ram, had two major hits - Another Day
and Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey; 1971 formed the band Wings, which stayed
together for ten years; had number-one hits with My Love (1973) and Silly
Love Songs (1976); other hits include Let 'Em In, Live and Let Die, Band
on the Run, Listen to What the Man Said; 1982 released a solo album, Tug
of War, with guest performers such as Stevie Wonder, who sang with McCartney
a hit duet, Ebony and Ivory; 1983 sang on Michael Jackson's hit single The
Girl is Mine; 1990 won a Grammy Award; recently lost his wife Linda Eastman
to breast cancer. [picture: knighted in 1997]
Other Birthdays
1511 06 18 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect
1511 06 18 Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
1581 06 18 Thomas Overbury, poet (baptized)
1681 06 18 Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
1716 06 18 Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
1723 06 18 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
1740 06 18 Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor
1744 06 18 Augustin Holler, composer
1757 06 18 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer
1758 06 18 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
1780 06 18 Michael Henkel, composer
1794 06 18 George Grote, British historian
1799 06 18 Prosper Ménire, French ear doctor (Ménire Syndrome)
1799 06 18 William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
1809 06 18 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
1812 06 18 Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
1813 06 18 Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
1820 06 18 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
1822 06 18 Henry David Leslie, composer
1824 06 18 Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
1839 06 18 William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
1850 06 18 Richard Heuberger, composer
1854 06 18 Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
1857 06 18 Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
1858 06 18 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
1860 06 18 Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
1861 06 18 José FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
1868 06 18 MiklĒs Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
1877 06 18 James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator (I want you Uncle Sam)
1881 06 18 Eduard C Edo Fimmen, Dutch labor leader
1882 06 18 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
1884 06 18 Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
1886 06 18 George Mallory, England, mountain climber (because it is there)
1887 06 18 Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)
1888 06 18 Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)
1888 06 18 S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)
1889 06 18 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
1891 06 18 Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian
1892 06 18 Edward Steuermann, composer
1896 06 18 Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
1896 06 18 Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
1896 06 18 Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
1898 06 18 Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England
1898 06 18 M C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
1899 06 18 James Ralph Darling, teacher
1901 06 18 Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
1901 06 18 Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
1901 06 18 Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
1902 06 18 Henry Wadsworth, Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast & Loose)
1903 06 18 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
1904 06 18 Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
1904 06 18 Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
1905 06 18 Eduard Tubin, composer
1905 06 18 John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer
1906 06 18 Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1907 06 18 Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
1907 06 18 Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
1908 06 18 Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
1908 06 18 Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
1910 06 18 Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
1910 06 18 Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
1910 06 18 E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope)
1910 06 18 Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)
1912 06 18 Glen Morris, MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)
1912 06 18 Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
1913 06 18 Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
1913 06 18 Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
1914 06 18 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
1915 06 18 Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)
1915 06 18 Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait)
1915 06 18 Victor Legley, composer
1916 06 18 John Young, actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
1917 06 18 Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
1917 06 18 Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
1918 06 18 Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
1919 06 18 Edward Leadbitter, politician
1919 06 18 Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist
1919 06 18 Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
1919 06 18 Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
1920 06 18 Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
1920 06 18 Ian Carmichael, Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
1922 06 18 Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
1923 06 18 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master
1924 06 18 George Mikan, NBA center (6-time all-pro)
1924 06 18 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
1925 06 18 Herman Ace Wallace, blues guitarist/singer
1925 06 18 Rex Collings, writer/publisher
1925 06 18 Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
1926 06 18 Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
1926 06 18 Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
1927 06 18 Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
1927 06 18 John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher
1927 06 18 Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
1927 06 18 Simeon Pironkov, composer
1928 06 18 Maggie McNamara, NYC, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal)
1928 06 18 Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)
1929 06 18 Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
1929 06 18 James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
1929 06 18 Jrgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
1930 06 18 Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]
1931 06 18 Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
1931 06 18 Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
1932 06 18 Gnter Seuren, writer
1933 06 18 Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
1933 06 18 Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1934 06 18 Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe)
1934 06 18 Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
1936 06 18 Ian Spurling, ballet designer
1936 06 18 R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
1937 06 18 Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
1937 06 18 John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
1937 06 18 Varbara Ann Teer, US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)
1937 06 18 Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
1938 06 18 Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1939 06 18 Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
1939 06 18 Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
1940 06 18 Bob Duncan, prison warden (Gartree Prison in UK)
1940 06 18 Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
1942 06 18 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor
1942 06 18 Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker (Beatles), writes silly love songs
1942 06 18 Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
1942 06 18 Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/first vice-president (1994- )
1943 06 18 Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language)
1944 06 18 Paul Lansky, composer
1947 06 18 Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
1947 06 18 Douglas Young, composer
1947 06 18 Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
1948 06 18 Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree)
1949 06 18 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
1949 06 18 William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
1950 06 18 Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
1951 06 18 Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host (Playback Show)
1952 06 18 Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
1952 06 18 Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
1952 06 18 Isabella Rossellini, Rome Italy, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet)
1952 06 18 Rickey Gazda, rocker
1953 06 18 Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
1954 06 18 William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face)
1956 06 18 Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)
1957 06 18 Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
1957 06 18 Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
1958 06 18 Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1961 06 18 Andres Galarraga, Caracas Venezuela, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1961 06 18 [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
1962 06 18 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
1963 06 18 Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1963 06 18 Darren Dizzy Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
1963 06 18 Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
1963 06 18 Omar Londono, jockey
1964 06 18 Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
1966 06 18 Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 06 18 Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)
1966 06 18 Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
1966 06 18 Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
1966 06 18 Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)
1966 06 18 Sandy Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
1968 06 18 John Lumkes, Chicago Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner
1969 06 18 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
1969 06 18 Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chic Bears, Indianapolis Colts)
1969 06 18 Laura Brown, LPGA golfer
1971 06 18 Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
1971 06 18 Mara Hobel, NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)
1971 06 18 Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1972 06 18 Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
1973 06 18 Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 06 18 Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
1974 06 18 Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)
1974 06 18 Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
1992 06 18 Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)
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