October 12 Continued from previous post
Births
1710 – Jonathan Trumbull; 1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry (co-invented the gyrocompass); 1875 – Aleister Crowley; 1920 – Christopher Soames; 1932 – Dick Gregory; 1932 – Ned Jarrett

; 1935 – Luciano Pavarotti♪ ♫; 1935 - Sam Moore♪ ♫(Sam & Dave); 1937 – Robert Mangold

; 1945 – Dusty Rhodes; 1947 – Chris Wallace; 1947 – Randy West (porn actor); 1949 – Carlos the Jackal (international terrorist); 1950 – Susan Anton; 1965 – Scott O'Grady (US F-16 pilot shot down over Bosnia, rescued); 1968 – Huge Ackman ('Wolverine' in
X-Men); 1970 – Kirk Cameron; 1975 – Marion Jones (US track & field Olympian); 1977 – Bode Miller (US Olympic skier); 1992 – Josh Hutcherson
Deaths
1870 – Robert E. Lee; 1940 – Tom Mix; 1960 –
Inejiro Asanuma; 1969 – Sonja Henie; 1971 – Dean Acheson; 1971 – Gene Vincent♪ ♫; 1985 – Johnny Olson ("Come on down!"); 1985 – Ricky Wilson

(The B-52's); 1987 – Alf Landon; 1991 – Regis Toomey (w/Jane Wyman, had the longest kiss in cinema history, at 3 minutes 5 seconds); 1996 – René Lacoste (put a tiny alligator on a polo shirt); 1997 – John Denver♪ ♫; 1998 – Matthew Shepard; 1999 – Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain; 2002 – Ray Conniff♪ ♫; 2003 – Joan Kroc (widow of Ray Kroc, McDonald's); 2003 – Bill Shoemaker (jockey); 2009 – Dickie Peterson

(Blue Cheer); 2011 – Dennis Ritchie (created the C programming language); 2012 – Norm Grabowski (American hot rod builder); 2015 – Joan Leslie