MorganGrayson
08-01-2005, 06:03 PM
Personally, I would have gone with "America the Beautiful," but nobody asked me. "Oh, Canada" kicks our butts either way. My mother actually used to watch hockey games with my father just so she could hear that song.
But, I digress. Happy Birthday, Francis! (Who, by the way, was a poet-lawyer and only wrote the words. The actual music for the "Star Spangled Banner" is from the British song "To Anacreon in Heaven." I guess that means he could have hired himself to defend himself against a charge of violation of copyright, if those had been more litigious times.)
10 -BC- Claudius 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD)
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax Roman emperor (193 AD)
1744 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed in inheritance of acquired traits
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1815 Richard Henry Dana spent 2 years before mast
1818 Maria Mitchell 1st American woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1819 Herman Melville US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1889 Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
1895 Benjamin E Mays 1st black president of Atlanta Board of Education
1898 Morris Stoloff Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
1899 William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
19-- Carolyn Ann Clarke actress (Guiding Light)
19-- Laura Johnson Burbank Calif, actress (Falcon Crest)
19-- Paul Lambert El Paso Tx, actor (Tom-Executive Suite)
1912 Henry Jones Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy)
1913 Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
1920 Sammy Lee US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1921 Jack Kramer Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947)
1922 Arthur Hill Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)
1930 Geoffrey Holder dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
1933 Dom DeLuise Bkln NY, comedian, actor (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
1936 Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
1937 Alfonse D'Amato Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1980- )
1941 Ron Brown actor (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
1942 Giancarlo Giannini Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi)
1942 Jerry Garcia SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
1944 Yuri V Romanenko USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2)
1946 Richard O Covey Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astronaut (STS 51I, 26, 38)
1952 Brian Patrick Clarke Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough)
1953 Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1957 Glen Gorbous Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
1958 Taylor Negron LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
1959 Joe Elliot rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1961 Bart Conner US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964 Nick Christian Sayer rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1964 Rob Camilletti Cher's boyfriend
1973 Tempestt Bledsoe Chicago, actress (Vanessa-Cosby Show)
1978 Dhani Harrison George Harrison's 1st child
But, I digress. Happy Birthday, Francis! (Who, by the way, was a poet-lawyer and only wrote the words. The actual music for the "Star Spangled Banner" is from the British song "To Anacreon in Heaven." I guess that means he could have hired himself to defend himself against a charge of violation of copyright, if those had been more litigious times.)
10 -BC- Claudius 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD)
126 Publius Helvius Pertinax Roman emperor (193 AD)
1744 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed in inheritance of acquired traits
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1815 Richard Henry Dana spent 2 years before mast
1818 Maria Mitchell 1st American woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1819 Herman Melville US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1889 Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
1895 Benjamin E Mays 1st black president of Atlanta Board of Education
1898 Morris Stoloff Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
1899 William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
19-- Carolyn Ann Clarke actress (Guiding Light)
19-- Laura Johnson Burbank Calif, actress (Falcon Crest)
19-- Paul Lambert El Paso Tx, actor (Tom-Executive Suite)
1912 Henry Jones Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy)
1913 Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
1920 Sammy Lee US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1921 Jack Kramer Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947)
1922 Arthur Hill Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)
1930 Geoffrey Holder dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
1933 Dom DeLuise Bkln NY, comedian, actor (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
1936 Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
1937 Alfonse D'Amato Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1980- )
1941 Ron Brown actor (Charlie the Lonesome Cougar)
1942 Giancarlo Giannini Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi)
1942 Jerry Garcia SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
1944 Yuri V Romanenko USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2)
1946 Richard O Covey Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astronaut (STS 51I, 26, 38)
1952 Brian Patrick Clarke Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough)
1953 Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1957 Glen Gorbous Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
1958 Taylor Negron LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
1959 Joe Elliot rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1961 Bart Conner US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964 Nick Christian Sayer rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1964 Rob Camilletti Cher's boyfriend
1973 Tempestt Bledsoe Chicago, actress (Vanessa-Cosby Show)
1978 Dhani Harrison George Harrison's 1st child