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Headline Birthdays for June 29

Sergei Witte 1849-1915

born in Tiflis, Georgia; died in St. Petersburg, Russia March 13, 1915; railway administrator, statesman; 1892 appointed the Czar's Minister of Communications, then Minister of Finance (1892-1903); brought in an alcohol monopoly in 1895 and the gold rouble in 1897; reformed finances, encouraged the development of Russian industries with the help of foreign capital, and opened up Siberia to large-scale colonization with the building of the Trans-Siberian Railroad; 1905 served as first constitutional Prime Minister of the Russian Empire after the revolution of 1905; signed the peace treaty with Japan at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and acted as chief initiator of the Manifesto of 17 October, by which Nicholas II promised more liberal government; attacked by conservative forces, he resigned April 1906 and wrote his 3 volumes of Memoirs.

Robert Schuman 1886-1963

born in Luxembourg; died in Metz, France Sept. 4, 1963; statesman, EC pioneer; founder of the European Coal and Steel Community, he promoted European economic and political unity and the concept of a "United States of Europe."

  

Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900-1944

born at Lyon, France; shot down over the Mediterranean July 31, 1944; soldier, aviator, author; entered the École des Beaux-Arts to study architecture; 1921 started his military service, and was sent to Strasbourgh for training as a pilot; July 9, 1921 made his first solo flight in a Sopwith F-CTEE; 1922 got his pilot's licence; 1926 published his first story, 'L'Aviateur' in the literary magazine Le Navire d'argent; 1926 got a job flying the mails for the commercial airline company Aéropostale; 1928 director of the remote Cap Juby airfield in Rio de Oro, Sahara; 1929 moved to South America, flying post through the Andes, surviving many crashes and adventures; novels include Southern Mail (1929), Night Flight (1933, made into a film starring Clark Gable, Helen Hayes and Lionel Barrymore), and a nonfiction book, Wind, Sand, and Stars (1939); 1940 escaped to the US after the Nazis invaded France; 1943 wrote The Little Prince, about a pilot who crashes in the Sahara and makes the acquaintance of a little prince from another planet.
Quote: "Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures - in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together."

  

Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963-

born in Rheinfeldin, Germany; violinist; started career at age 13 when she appeared as soloist with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic at the 1977 Salzburg Whitsun Festival; best known for her Mendelssohn and Bruch Concertos and Vivaldi's Four Seasons with von Karajan, Carmen-Fantasie with James Levine, Brahms Violin Concerto and Schumann Fantasy with the New York Philharmonic and Kurt Masur, and the Penderecki Violin Concerto No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra; January 1998 embarked on devoting the whole of 1998 to performing the cycle of ten Beethoven Sonatas for piano and violin in 50 cities world-wide with pianist Lambert Orkis; 1999 won Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance and Best Composition; her year 2000 project is a festival devoted to 20th century violin literature; will open in New York with recitals at Carnegie Hall and orchestral concerts at Avery Fisher Hall with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic.

Other Birthdays

1397 06 29 Joƒo II, King of Aragon (Spain)
1517 06 29 Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist
1738 06 29 Constantin Reindl, composer
1746 06 29 Joachim H Campe, German author (Robinson of the Jngere)
1783 06 29 August Alexander Klengel, composer
1798 06 29 Willibald Alexis, [Georg W H„ring], German writer (Schloss Avalon)
1805 06 29 Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave)
1824 06 29 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1831 06 29 William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1842 06 29 Josef Labor, composer
1849 06 29 Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia
1850 06 29 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer
1858 06 29 George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)
1861 06 29 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota
1863 06 29 James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization)
1864 06 29 Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer
1864 06 29 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law)
1865 06 29 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d)
1865 06 29 William E Borah, lawyer/(Sen-R-Id)
1870 06 29 Joseph Carl Breil, composer
1874 06 29 Georg Gohler, composer
1876 06 29 Nellie Taylor Ross, first woman to serve as a gov (Wyoming, 1925-27)
1879 06 29 Zsigmond M˘ricz, Hungarian writer (S rarany [Mud gold])
1880 06 29 Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff (July 20th plot)
1885 06 29 Andre Gailhard, composer
1885 06 29 S Pedro Humberto Allende, Chilian composer (And una Ma¤anita)
1885 06 29 Virginia Pope, (NY Times)
1886 06 29 George Frederick Boyle, composer
1886 06 29 James Van DerZee, famous African
1886 06 29 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin)
1886 06 29 Robert Schuman, French premier
1893 06 29 Aare Merikanto, composer
1893 06 29 Antoon Schweigmann, Dutch religious poet/resistance fighter
1896 06 29 Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)
1897 06 29 Ottmar Gerster, composer
1900 06 29 Antoine Saint-Exupéry, France, aviator/writer (Wind, Sand & Stars)
1901 06 29 Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
1901 06 29 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
1901 06 29 Nelson Eddy, Providence RI, baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald)
1902 06 29 Carl-Heinz Schroth, Innsbruck, director (Reaching for the Stars)
1902 06 29 Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital)
1905 06 29 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad)
1907 06 29 Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan)
1907 06 29 Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC)
1908 06 29 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe)
1908 06 29 Rene Gerber, composer
1909 06 29 Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock)
1910 06 29 Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella)
1911 06 29 Bernard Herrmann, composer
1911 06 29 Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)
1911 06 29 Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist/spy
1912 06 29 John Toland, US, political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971)
1912 06 29 José Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara México, composer (Huapango)
1914 06 29 Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
1916 06 29 David Donaldson, painter
1916 06 29 Ruth Warwick, St Joseph Mo, actress (Citizen Kane, All My Children)
1918 06 29 Jack Harkness, rose grower
1919 06 29 Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles)
1920 06 29 Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans)
1922 06 29 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue)
1923 06 29 Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
1924 06 29 Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
1925 06 29 Cara Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show)
1925 06 29 Hale Smith, composer
1928 06 29 Ian Bannen, Airdrie Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park)
1929 06 29 Johnny Ace, rocker
1929 06 29 Michio Mamaia, composer
1929 06 29 Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
1930 06 29 Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)
1934 06 29 Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI)
1934 06 29 Henning Kronstam, dancer
1936 06 29 David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 06 29 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
1936 06 29 Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll)
1938 06 29 Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
1938 06 29 Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer
1939 06 29 Alan Connolly, cricketer (Australian pace bowler through 60s)
1939 06 29 Ron Headley, cricketer (son of George, 2 Tests WI v England 1973)
1940 06 29 Louise S Groenman, Dutch MP (D66)
1940 06 29 Viacheslav Artyomov, composer
1941 06 29 Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 06 29 Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist
1942 06 29 Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP (SGP)
1942 06 29 Larry Snyder, jockey
1943 06 29 Roger Ruskin Spear, London Eng, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)
1944 06 29 Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1944 06 29 Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born)
1945 06 29 Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
1945 06 29 Little Eva [Boyd], Belhaven NC, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1947 06 29 Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
1947 06 29 Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
1948 06 29 Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet)
1948 06 29 Charles McCorquodale, art historian
1948 06 29 Fred Grandy, Sioux City IA, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1986- )/actor (Love Boat)
1948 06 29 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple)
1948 06 29 Loncoln Gordon, rocker
1949 06 29 Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1953 06 29 Billy Hinsche, rocker
1953 06 29 Colin Hay, Scotland, rock vocalist (Men At Work)
1953 06 29 Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again)
1953 06 29 Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1954 06 29 Rick Honeycutt, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1955 06 29 Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91)
1957 06 29 Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1958 06 29 Leslie Browne, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1958 06 29 Richard Mettee, horse trainer
1959 06 29 Edward F Humenik, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1994 Kmart Greater-2nd)
1959 06 29 Kim Hiett, jockey
1959 06 29 Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (first to die)
1960 06 29 Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 06 29 Jean-Fran‡ois Senécal, Laval Quebec, rifle shooter (Olympics-3-92, 96)
1962 06 29 Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law)
1962 06 29 Sharon Lawrence, Charlotte NC, actr (Civil Wars, NYPD Blue, Fired Up)
1963 06 29 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil)
1963 06 29 Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress (Lauren-Bold & Beautiful)
1964 06 29 Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Cleve Browns)
1964 06 29 Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel)
1964 06 29 Wendy Kilbourne, actress (Devon-Midnight Caller) [1964 Approx]
1965 06 29 Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)
1965 06 29 Paul Jarvis, cricketer (England pace bowler 1988-93)
1967 06 29 John Wehner, Pittsburgh PA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1967 06 29 Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times)
1968 06 29 Theoren Fleury, Oxbow Sask, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames, Canada)
1969 06 29 Erik Tammer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles)
1969 06 29 Simon Brown, cricketer (Durham pace bowler, England 1996)
1970 06 29 Troy Drayton, tight end (Miami Dolphins)
1971 06 29 Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player (NAC)
1971 06 29 Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing (Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks)
1971 06 29 Wendee Espinosa, Stockton Calif, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
1972 06 29 Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 06 29 Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street)
1973 06 29 George Hincapie, Queens NY, road cyclist (Olympics-76th-92, 96)
1974 06 29 Ted Giannous, San Diego, actor (KGB Chicken)
1975 06 29 Mathew Gates, Baldock Engld, dance skater (& Chalom-1995 Nat Jr champ)
1976 06 29 Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
1977 06 29 Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1977 06 29 Tania Joy Gibson, Lake Barrington Ill, Miss America-Illinois (1997)
1993 06 29 Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th)

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