Former Terrapin and Cowboy Randy White is 59. White is in both the College and Pro Football halls of fame.
Rob Lowe’s brother Chad is 44 today.
Drew Brees is 33.
Lloyd Bridges was born January 15th, 1913. Bridges had more than 200 credits, most notably as Mike Nelson in the TV series Sea Hunt. From High Noon to Airplane! to Hots Shots, Part Deux, Bridges was a multi-talented actor. Beau and Jeff are his sons.
The jazz drummer Gene Krupa was born in Chicago on January 15, 1909. He began playing and recording in the 1920s, but his work with the Benny Goodman Band in the 30s made Krupa a celebrity. It’s Krupa with the tom-toms on the iconic “Sing, Sing, Sing.”
Edward Teller was born in Budapest January 15, 1908. He emigrated to the U.S. in the 1930s, was a theoretical physicist and earned the title “Father of the Hydrogen Bomb,” a name he did not particularly care for. He was considered one of the inspirations for the title character in Dr. Strangelove.
Ray Chapman was born on this date in 1891. Playing shortstop for the Cleveland Indians in 1920, Chapman was hit by a pitch thrown by Yankees pitcher Carl Mays at the Polo Grounds. Chapman apparently never saw the pitch. It hit his head hard enough that Mays thought it had hit the bat; the pitcher fielded the carom and tossed it to first for the presumed out. Chapman took a few steps and collapsed (some reports say he collapsed immediately). He died the next day. Chapman is the only Major League player to die directly from game-related injury. (In 1909, Philadelphia Athletics catcher Michael Riley “Doc” Powers crashed into the wall chasing a pop up. He died of peritonitis as a result of surgeries two weeks later.)