Famous Birthdays for 31st December 2023

1857 – Michael “King” Kelly, American Baseball HOF utility (NL batting champion 1884, 86; NL runs scored 1884–86, Chicago White Sox) and manager (Boston Beaneaters, Reds; Cincinnati KKs), born in Troy, NY (d. 1894)
1874 – Ernest Austin, English composer, born in Poplar, London (d. 1947)
1878 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, born in Woodbridge, Ontario (d. 1966)
1931 – Gil Mellé, American jazz saxophonist and composer, born in New York City (d. 2004)
1932 – Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and newspaper editor (La Prensa; El Nuevo Diario), born in Granada, Nicaragua, (d. 2008)
1933 – Fred F. Carter Jr., American country session guitarist, singer, producer and composer (Nashville’s “A-Team”), born in Winnsboro, Louisiana (d. 2010)
1939 – Willye White, American athlete (Olympic silver long jump 1956, 4x100m relay 1964; Sports Illustrated 100 greatest women athletes of 20th century), born in Money, Mississippi (d. 2007)
1939 – Hugh Lewin, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison), born in Lydenburg, South Africa (d. 2019)
1940 – Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, born in Leningrad
1977 – Psy [Park Jae-sang], South Korean pop star (Gangnam Style), born in Seoul, South Korea

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