Joe Flanigan's birthday is tomorrow

[lillian13]

So I'll do for him what I do for my friends, though we have never met. :-)

Happy Birthday Joe!

You share your birhday with: (from Wikipedia, edited for length)

1928 - Walter Mondale, American politican

1931 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (d. 1989)

1931 - Robert Duvall, American actor

1932 - Umberto Eco, Italian writer

1938 - King Juan Carlos I of Spain

1940 - Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician

1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker

1942 - Jan Leeming, British television presenter and newsreader

1942 - Charlie Rose, American talk show host

1945 - Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-born film director

1946 - Diane Keaton, American actress

1948 - Ted Lange, American actor

1949 - George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)

1950 - Chris Stein, American guitarist (Blondie)

1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, American actress

1956 - Chen Kenichi, Japanese-born chef

1959 - Clancy Brown, American actor

1960 - Phil Thornalley, English bass guitarist (The Cure)

1960 - Steve Jones, aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)

1962 - Suzy Amis, American actress

1964 - Grant Young, American drummer (Soul Asylum)

1965 - Vinnie Jones, British actor

1966 - Kate Schellenbach, American drummer (Luscious Jackson)

1968 - Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor

1968 - Carrie Ann Inaba, American dancer and choreographer

1969 - Marilyn Manson, American singer

1969 - Paul McGillion, Scottish actor

1971 - Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress

1973 - Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys)

1975 - Bradley Cooper, American actor (Alias, Kitchen Confidential)

1976 - Matt Wachter, American bassist (30 Seconds to Mars)

Wrestler Jeep Swenson, who portrayed "Bane" in the film "Batman and Robin," was born on January 5, 1957. He passed away soon after the completion of the film.
Bela Lugosi's son, Bela Lugosi Jr., was born on January 5, 1938.
Maria Schell who appeared in the films "Night of the Blood Monster," "Superman" and the TV mini-series "The Martian Chronicles," was born on January 5, 1926.
The late George Reeves, best known for playing "Superman" on the big and small screens in the 50's, was born on January 5, 1914. He also directed a few episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" TV series.

Johnny Eck, best known for playing "The Half Boy," in the film "Freaks," passed away on January 5, 1991, at the age of 79.
Comedian Hans Conried passed away on January 5, 1982, at the age of 64. He did voice overs for numerous cartoons, and starred in the films "The Twonky," "The Monster That Challenged the World" and "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T."
Onslow Stevens, who starred in the films "House of Dracula," "The Monster and the Girl" and "Them," passed away on January 5, 1977, at the age of 74. 

1895 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

1896 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

1940 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.

1968 - Alexander Dubček comes to power: "Prague Spring" begins in Czechoslovakia.

1970 - Soap opera: All My Children premieres.

1972 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program.

Have an excellent day, Joe.

ETA: Today is Gary Jones' (a.k.a. Sgt. Walter Harriman of SG-1) birthday. Happy birthday Gary!

Comments

[tex.livejournal.com]

Cool set of facts. Thanks for sharing them! and I'm sure Joe would thank you, too

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I usually start with IMDB and add Wiki, but I also use The Creature Feature Hall of Horror History, since the factiods in there are mighty cool: http://www.countgore.com/Hall.htm.

Without doing this I never in a million years would have known that Paul McGillion and Marliyn Manson were born on the same day and year. The mind boggles.

[tipsywitch.livejournal.com]

Excellent idea!!! wow

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

1941 - Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film maker

How geeky am I that this fact just makes me love Joe so much *more*?

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

Now I want to see Sheppard animated in that style.

It would be pretty.

[bibliokat.livejournal.com]

*So* pretty!

SGA Miyazaki-style would completely blow my mind (in a good way, of course;)

[anyanka-eg.livejournal.com]

And most importaqnly, my Dad! Happy 60th Dad :-)

[lillian13.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday Dad! (waves)