Five Famous Folks From America Born On February 7Th
FIVE FAMOUS FOLKS FROM AMERICA
BORN ON FEBRUARY 7th
LAURA INGALLS WILDER was born in 1867, in Pepin, Wisconsin. She was an author who wrote The Little House Series based on her childhood. Her first book Little House in the Big Woods is about this time near Pepin. There is a log cabin there that commemorates that time in her life. It’s called the Little House Wayside. (d. 1957)
HARRY SINCLAIR LEWIS was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota in the year 1885. Lewis was a novelist, playwright and a short story writer. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930, “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create with wit and humor, new types of characters.” Some of his books were Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), (nominated for four Academy Awards) and Elmer Gantry (1927). (earned Burt Lancaster a Best Actor Oscar). (d. 1951)
CLARENCE LINDEN “BUSTER” CRABBE II was born in 1908 in Oakland, California. He was an athlete and an actor who starred in a number of films in the 1930s-1940s. Crabbe is the only actor who’s played Tarzan, Flash Gordon, AND Buck Rogers – the most popular comic strip heroes of the 1930s. He was also an excellent swimmer and participated in two Olympic Games; in 1928 where he won a bronze medal for the 1,500 meter free style, and in 1932 where he won a gold medal for the 400 meter freestyle. During his time attending the University of Southern California he was their first All-American swimmer in 1931, and in 1931 the NCAA freestyle titlist. During the 1950s-1960s he became a stockbroker and businessman. He owned a swimming pool building company in Southern California in his later years. (d. 1983)
TROYAL GARTH BROOKS was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the year 1962. He is a country music artist. His first album that was released in 1989 went to #2 on the U.S. country album Chart and to #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart. He integrated rock elements into his country music which has been very popular. Brooks has enjoyed a most successful musical career, breaking many records in both sales and concert attendance during the 1990s. He is the best-selling solo album artist in the U.S. of all time. (overall second to the Beatles), with 128 million sold. Six albums achieved diamond status; No Fences, Ropin the Wind, The Hits, Sevens, and Double Live.
JAMES TODD SPADER actor, was born in 1960, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for his roles in movies such as Pretty in Pink, Sex,Lies, and Videotape, Mannequin, Crash, Stargate, and Secretary. He has also played Alan Shore on the TV series The Practice and Boston Legal.
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