Vikki Carr was born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona
in El Paso, Texas.

The three-time Grammy Award-winning pop singer was only offered a record
deal after changing her name; her first hit was "He’s a Rebel" from 1962, which
Phil Spector turned into an even bigger hit with The Crystals.

1966

Ross Simpson

Ricky Lee Skaggs is 61 years old today.

Ricky won numerous Grammy and Country Music Association
Awards, with his first Grammy coming in 1983 for Fireball and
his first CMA recognition coming in 1982 when he was named
Male Vocalist of the Year.

James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

Cagney won an Oscar for his role as George M. Cohan in the musical film 
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942). He gained additional fame for his tough guy 
roles in movies such as The Public Enemy (1931). In 1999, the American
Film Institute ranked him eighth among its 50 Greatest American Screen
Legends.

1949

Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath in Missouri)
(July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995)

Rogers appeared as the dance partner of Fred Astaire in a number
of classic movie musicals such as Top Hat (1935), and Swing Time
(1936). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role
in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100
Stars list of actress screen legends.

1934

Omar Sharif (Michel Demitri Chalhoub) (April 10, 1932 – July 10, 2015)

CAIRO (AP) – Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor who soared to international
stardom in movie epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) and "Doctor Zhivago,"
(1965) died Friday.

Sharif died of a heart attack in a Cairo hospital, his longtime agent, London-
based Steve Kenis, and the head of Egypt’s Theatrical Arts Guild, Ashraf Zaki,
told The Associated Press. The actor had been suffering from Alzheimer’s.