… of Justice Clarence Thomas. He’s 58.
… of American Idol’s Randy Jackson. He’s 50.
… of Oscar-winner Frances McDormand. She’s 49. Miss McDormand has had three Oscar nominations for best supporting actress in addition to her winning best actress performance in Fargo.
Choreographer Bob Fosse was born on this date in 1927.
According to many sources, Killer Angels author Michael Shaara was born on this date in 1929. According to his biography at son Jeff Shaara’s web site, the father was born in 1928. The Killer Angels, which won the Pulitzer Prize and is regarded by many as the best Civil War novel, “was rejected by the first fifteen publishers who saw the manuscript.”