In addition to Chuck Yeager mentioned earlier today, it’s the birthday
… of Kim Novak. Madeleine Elster/Judy Barton (Vertigo) and Madge Owens (Picnic) is 75.
… of George Segal. Jack Gallo (Just Shoot Me) and Nick (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) is 74.
… of Carol Lynley. Nonnie Parry (The Poseidon Adventure) and Janet Willard (Blue Denim) is 66.
… of Peter Tork of the Monkees. He’s 66.
… of Jerry Springer. He’s 64.
… of Stockard Channing. Abbey Bartlet (West Wing) and Louisa (‘Ouisa’) Kittredge (Six Degrees of Separation) is 64.
… of Mike Krzyzewski. The Duke coach is 61 today.
… of Peter Gabriel. He’s 58.
… of actor Neal McDonough. He’s 42.
Pauline Frederick, the first woman to be a major correspondent for network news, was born on this date in 1908. (She died in 1990.) Frederick was the first woman to win the Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting.
Grant Wood was born on this date in 1891.