Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of August 01:
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
Deaths which occurred on August 01:
1882 Henry Kendall Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1957 Harvey Glatmin first bondage-photo victim
1975 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly sax player, dies of a stroke
1983 Peter Arne actor, bludgeon to death in London at 62
1985 Joseph Walker cameraman, dies at 92
1988 Florence Eldridge Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86
1988 John Cardinal Dearden US cardinal, dies at 80
1988 Trindad Silva of Hill St Blues, dies at 38 in an auto accident
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1966 FINNEY ARTHUR THOMAS MIAMI FL DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1966 KWORTNIK JOHN CHARLES DOWNINGTOWN PA REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85 CACCF/CRASH/PILOT
1966 NORTH KENNETH W. CHAPPAQUA NY 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98 BORN 1940
1967 PREWITT WILLIAM ROLAND FLORIEN LA
1967 WINSTON CHARLES C. III SCARSDALE NY 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
1968 KERNAN WILLIAM SEATTLE WA NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST MAY BE REMAINS RETURNED
1968 BROMS EDWARD J. MEADVILLE PA RADIO CONTACT LOST
1968 FOWLER DONALD R. ATHENS GA
1968 FERNAN WILLIAM SEATTLE WA NOT ON OFFICIAL DIA LIST REMAINS RETURNED 08/06/71
1968 HASTINGS STEVEN M. BALDWIN CREEK CA
1968 ROSS JOSEPH S. FORT THOMAS KY
1968 RUSSELL PETER J. NEW YORK NY EGRESS-HAD IRISH BROGUE - DIED ON OR BEFORE THANKSGIVING 1968 - GRAVE MARKED MAP MADE.
1968 THOMPSON WILLIAM J. HOUSTON TX
1969 BURD DOUGLAS G. HAMPTON VA
1969 CALLIES TOMMY L. HOWARD SD