Today's Famous Birthdays

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Harry Christopher Caray
(March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998)

was an American radio and television sportscaster. During his career he called the play-by-play
for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the
St. Louis Cardinals (with two of those years also spent calling games for the St. Louis Browns).
After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and 11 years with the Chicago White Sox,
Caray spent the last 16 years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.











Roger Caesar Marius Bernard de Delgado Torres Castillo Roberto
(1 March 1918 – 18 June 1973)

was a British actor. He played many roles on television, radio and in films, and had "a long history of
playing minor villains" before becoming best known as the first actor to play the
Master in Doctor Who (1971–73).











Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle
(March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996)

was an American businessman and executive. Rozelle served as the commissioner of the
National Football League (NFL) for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 until his retirement in
November 1989. He became the youngest commissioner in NFL history at just the age of 33.
He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.

During his tenure, Rozelle saw the NFL grow from 12 teams to 28, oversaw the creation of large
television-rights deals and the creation of Monday Night Football in 1970, oversaw the 1970
AFL–NFL merger and the creation of the Super Bowl, and helped the NFL move from a twelve-game
schedule to a sixteen-game schedule. By the time of his retirement, many people considered him
the most powerful commissioner in sports. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.













Roger Harry Daltrey CBE
(born 1 March 1944)

is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band The Who.
Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Get Fooled Again",
"Baba O'Riley" and "You Better You Bet". He began his solo career in 1973, while still a member of The Who.
Since then he has released ten solo studio albums, five compilation albums, and one live album. His solo
hits include "Giving It All Away", "Walking the Dog", "Written on the Wind", "Free Me", "Without Your Love"
and "Under a Raging Moon".











Elvin Lamont Bethea
(born March 1, 1946)

is an American former professional football player who pent his entire career as a defensive end with
the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He
played college football at North Carolina A&T State University and was the first person from the school
to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2003.











Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
(born March 1, 1953)

is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys,
San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers, and Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Langston University.












Jimmy Fortune
(born March 11, 1955)

is an American country music singer from Nelson County, Virginia. Fortune sang tenor for The Statler Brothers
for 21 years, and wrote the song "Elizabeth" for the group. After The Statler Brothers retired,
he continued to perform as a solo artist.













Michael T. Rozier
(born March 1, 1961)

is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football
League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the
1980s and early 1990s. Rozier played college football for the University of Nebraska, and won the
Heisman Trophy in 1983. Afterward, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Maulers and
Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL and the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He is a member
of the College Football Hall of Fame.












Robert James Affuso (born March 1, 1963, in Newburgh, New York)

is an American heavy metal drummer best known as a member of the band Skid Row from 1987 to 1996.











Justin Drew Bieber
(born March 1, 1994)

is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and global influence
in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter Braun
and signed with RBMG Records in 2008, gaining recognition with the release of his debut
seven-track EP My World (2009) and soon establishing himself as a teen idol.