Texas History Timeline (Part 5)

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Birthdays 401 - 500 of 994

• 1940-11-28 Bruce Channel [McMeans], American singer ("Hey! Baby"), born in Jacksonville, Texas
• 1940-12-04 Gary Gilmore, American murderer, born in McCamey, Texas (d. 1977)
• 1940-12-19 Phil Ochs, American anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill; The War is Over; I Ain't Marchin' Anymore), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1976)
• 1940-12-21 Ray Hildebrand, American pop and contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter (Paul & Paula - "Hey Paula; Land and Hildebrand), born in Joshua, Texas (d. 2023)
• 1940-12-30 Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter (Olympic gold 1964), born in Cuero, Texas
• 1941-04-09 (Princetta) Kay Adams, American country singer ("I Cried At Your Wedding,"; "Little Pink Mack"), born in Knox City, Texas
• 1941-05-25 Bill Young, American rocker, born in Daingerfield, Texas (d. 1999)
• 1941-06-10 Mickey Jones, American drummer (Trini Lopez; The First Edition; Bob Dylan), and actor (Home Improvement; Tin Cup; Justified), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1941-07-03 Wylie Walker Vale, American endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2012)
• 1941-10-12 Craig Washington, American politician (Rep-D-Texas), born in Longview, Texas
• 1941-10-30 Otis Williams [né Miles], American baritone R&B and pop singer and songwriter (The Temptations - "Just My Imagination"), born in Texarkana, Texas
• 1941-10-31 Luke Jackson, American basketball center/forward (Olympic gold 1964; NBA C'ship 1967 Philadelphia 76ers; NBA All-Star 1965), born in San Marcos, Texas (d. 2022)
• 1941-11-01 Joe Caldwell, American basketball guard (Olympic gold 1964; NBA & ABA All Star; St. Louis Hawks, Carolina Cougars), born in Texas City, Texas
• 1941-11-01 Robert Foxworth, American actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein), born in Houston, Texas

• 1941-11-06 Guy Clark, American country singer (Heartbroke), born in Monahans, Texas (d. 2016)
• 1942-01-09 K. Callan, American actress (Joe's World, Martha-Lois & Clark), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1942-01-16 Barbara Lynn [Ozen], American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist ("You'll Lose A Good Thing"), born in Beaumont, Texas
• 1942-01-21 Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me"; "In The Ghetto"; "I Believe In Music") and actor (North Dallas Forty), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2020) [1]
• 1942-02-06 John London, American songwriter and bassist (Michael Nesmith band), born in Brazos County, Texas
• 1942-03-01 Jerry Fisher, American R&B singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in DeKalb, Texas
• 1942-07-08 Phil Gramm, American economist and politician (US Representative for Texas, 1979-85; US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002), born in Fort Benning, Georgia

• 1942-08-26 John E. Blaha, American USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1942-10-10 James Marshall, American illustrator and author (George and Martha, The Stupids), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1992)
• 1942-10-22 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four - "I Fought The Law"), born in Baytown, Texas (d. 1966)
• 1942-12-30 Michael Nesmith, American rock guitarist (The Monkees), and singer-songwriter ("Different Drum"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2021) [1]
• 1943-01-18 Kay Granger, American politician, born in Greenville, Texas

• 1943-01-25 Tobe Hooper, American film director, born in Austin, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1943-02-06 Gayle Hunnicutt, American-British actress (Marlowe; Legend of Hell House; Dallas), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2023)
• 1943-03-15 Sly Stone [Sylvester Stewart] American funk musician (Sly & The Family Stone - "Everyday People"; "Dance To The Music"), born in Denton, Texas
• 1943-03-17 Don Mitchell, American actor (Mark-Ironside), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1943-04-02 Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (11th House), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1943-04-06 Susan Tolsky, American actress (Madame's Place; Here Come The Brides), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2022)
• 1943-04-28 John Oliver Creighton, American NASA astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48), born in Orange, Texas
• 1943-04-29 Duane Allen, American country singer (Oak Ridge Boys - "Elvira"), born in Taylortown, Texas

• 1943-07-22 Kay Bailey Hutchison, American politician (U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993-2013; NATO Ambassador, 2017-2021), born in Galveston, Texas
• 1943-09-03 Valerie Perrine, American actress (Lenny; Superman; Slaughterhouse 5), born in Galveston, Texas

• 1943-09-20 Tommy Nobis, American College Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Texas; #1 pick NFL Draft 1966 Atlanta Falcons; NFL Rookie of the Year 1966; First-team All-Pro 1967; 5× Pro Bowl), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1943-10-03 Jeff Bingaman, American politician (U.S. Senator from New Mexico), born in El Paso, Texas

• 1943-10-10 Frederick Barthelme, American author (There Must be Some Mistake), born in Houston, Texas
• 1943-10-11 Gene Watson, American country singer ("Love in the Hot Afternoon"; "Fourteen Carat Mind"), born in Palestine, Texas
• 1943-11-30 Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, born in Waco, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1943-12-07 Bernard C. Parks, American politician and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, born in Beaumont, Texas
• 1943-12-18 Bobby Keys, American session and touring rock saxophonist (Rolling Stones; Harry Nilsson; John Lennon), born in Slaton, Texas (d. 2014)
• 1944-01-18 Al Perkins, American steel guitarist (Triple Play), born in De Kalb, Texas
• 1944-03-07 Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter ("Kathleen"; "Loretta"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1997)

• 1944-06-08 (William) "Boz" Scaggs, American rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band, 1967-68), and singer-songwriter ("Lowdown"; "Lido Shuffle"), born in Canton, Ohio
• 1944-06-29 Gary Busey, American actor (The Buddy Holly Story; A Star in Born (1976); Lethal Weapon), born in Goose Creek, Texas
• 1944-07-22 Guich Koock, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country), born in Austin, Texas
• 1944-08-15 Linda Ellerbee, American journalist (Weekend, NBC Overnight), born in Bryan, Texas
• 1944-08-21 Doug Young, American national and world powerlifting champion, born in Abilene, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1944-08-27 G W Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, American actor (Police Academy, The Closer)

• 1944-11-03 Mel Farr, American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1967, 70; Detroit Lions), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1944-11-10 Silvestre Reyes, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas 1997-2013), born in Canutillo, Texas
• 1944-11-26 Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes, 1970-73), born in Belzoni, Mississippi
• 1944-12-07 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1944-12-11 David Ashley White, American composer and educator, born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1944-12-11 Lynda Day George, American actress (Casey-Mission Impossible), born in San Marcos, Texas
• 1945-01-03 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1945-02-05 Sarah Weddington, American attorney (represented "Jane Roe" in Roe v. Wade before US States Supreme Court), born in Abilene, Texas (d. 2021)
• 1945-03-02 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1993)
• 1945-03-14 Michael Martin Murphey, American country singer (Wildfire), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1945-03-19 Lisa Nicole Baker, American Playboy playmate (Nov 1966, Playmate of the Year 1967), born in Detroit, Texas
• 1945-03-29 Hardy Fox, American member of avant-garde band The Residents, born in Longview, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1945-04-12 Willie Parnell, American singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Houston, Texas
• 1945-05-07 Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers; Steely Dan), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2004)
• 1945-05-30 Meredith MacRae, American actress (Petticoat Junction. 1966-70- "Billie Jo"; My Three Sons, 1964-66 - "Sally"), and talk show host, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2000)
• 1945-06-13 Whitley Strieber, American author (The Wolfen, The Hunger), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1945-06-17 Frank Ashmore, American actor (Airplane!, Airplane II: The Sequel), born in El Paso, Texas

• 1945-08-15 Gene Upshaw, American NFL guard (Oakland Radiers) and NFLPA leader, born in Robstown, Texas (d. 2008)
• 1945-09-24 Lou Dobbs, American broadcast journalist and conservative political pundit (CNN, 1980-99 & 2001-09; Fox Business, 2011-21), born in Childress County, Texas (d. 2024)
• 1945-10-02 Frank Tejeda, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1997)
• 1945-10-12 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American pro wrestler (Pro Wrestling Illustrated Match of the Year 1979, 86; WWE HOF), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1945-10-19 Jeannie C. Riley (née Stephenson), American Grammy and CMA Award-winning pop-country and gospel singer ("Harper Valley P.T.A."), born in Stamford, Texas

• 1945-11-01 Willie Ellison, American NFL running back. 1967-74 (Pro Bowl 1971; Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs), born in Lockhart, Texas (d. 2019)
• 1945-11-09 Charlie Robinson, American actor (Night Court, 1984-92 - "Mac"; Hart of Dixie), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2021)
• 1945-11-16 Steve Railsback, American actor (The Stunt Man, Escape 2000), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1945-12-21 Millie Hughes-Fulford, American scientist and astronaut (STS 40), born in Mineral Wells, Texas
• 1946-01-23 Don Whittington, American auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1979), born in Lubbock, Texas
• 1946-03-04 Ralph Kirshbaum, American cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival), born in Denton, Texas
• 1946-03-24 Kitty O'Neil, American stuntwoman (The Bionic Woman) & racer (female land speed record), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2018)
• 1946-04-01 William Frederick Fisher, American physician and astronaut (STS 51-I), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1946-06-28 Robert Xavier Rodriguez, American classical composer (Frida), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1946-07-03 Johnny Lee [Ham], American country music singer ("Lookin' For Love"), born in Texas City, Texas

• 1946-07-16 Barbara Lee, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in El Paso, Texas

• 1946-07-23 Keith Ferguson, American blues-rock bassist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1997)
• 1946-08-01 Tom Loeffler, American politician (United States House of Representatives for Texas, 1979-87), born in Fredericksburg, Texas
• 1946-08-14 Larry Graham Jr., American bass guitar player (Graham Central Station, Sly and the Family Stone), born in Beaumont, Texas

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