Today is Kallisti's birthday, and I've assembled a bit of calendar trivia for her today.
People (besides Kallisti) born on this day:
1897 Robert Ringling, Circus Master
1913 Menachem Begin
1920 Charles Bukowski
1930 Frank Gifford
1930 Robert Culp
1930 Ted Hughes (Sylvia Plath's husband; he was a poet laureate in England, too, but being Sylvia's husband probably made him more famous.)
1931 Eydie Gorme
1935 Julie Newmar (best catwoman, save for Eartha Kitt)
1946 Lesley Ann Warren
1953 Kathie Lee Gifford
1954 James Cameron
1958 Angela Bassett
1958 Madonna
1958 Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's)
1960 Timothy Hutton
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Mammals who Died on this Day:
1948 Babe Ruth
1949 Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind)
1956 Bela Lugosi
1977 Elvis Presley
1991 Shamu (one of the many killer whales named Shamu)
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As for notable events that occurred on August 16th -- so many various things happened on this day, I'm just going to link to this long list of them on this site. There were too many I wanted to mention that I thought would tickle Kallisti -- many events from the the roller coaster being patented in 1898 to the Ramones' debut concert at CBGBs in 1974.
Yup, today must be Kallisti's Circus Day, all right, with the roller coaster and a Ringling Brother sharing her birthday.
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Detecting Some Actor Trivia
Just a few trivia tidbits about some of the actors who share her birthday, especially for Kallisti. (yes, yes, Kallisti, just laugh at me for what I've picked out as noteworthy ....)
Robert Culp, Lesley Ann Warren, and Julie Newmar all graced Columbo episodes. (Culp was in two of 'em, in fact.)
Robert Culp was born in Berkeley.
I thought I'd recalled hearing somewhere ages ago (I think from you, in fact!) that Timothy Hutton was a Berkeley native, too, but wasn't sure. So, I just did a quick look-up of the actor's bio. Said he'd been born in Malibu, but he grew up in Berkeley (and went to Berkeley High). Also, found out something else I'd never known about him -- namely, that he's the son of actor Jim Hutton!
Now, Jim Hutton was never on Columbo, but he did play Ellery Queen in the short-lived 70s TV series based on that detective series.
Hmm ... Timothy Hutton plays Archie in the more recent Nero Wolfe TV series. Is there a suspicious pattern here or just evidence of the longstanding cornucopia of detective series actors always could appear in?
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Oh, and (to borrow Columbo's line) -- JUST ONE MORE THING! -- A very Happy Birthday to Kallisti!
A little link:
Flying Fur is a new weblog about bats.
