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Notable Birthdays for July 18

Those born on this date include:
- English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811
- Actor Chill Wills in 1903
- Playwright Clifford Odets in 1906
- Composer, arranger, pianist Lou Busch (a.k.a. Joe Fingers Carr) in 1910
- Actor Hume Cronyn in 1911
- Comedian Red Skelton in 1913
- Actress/singer Harriet Hilliard Nelson in 1909
- South African black leader Nelson Mandela in 1918 (age 90)
- Astronaut-turned-Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, in 1921 (age 87)
- Journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson in 1937
- Pop singer Dion Di Mucci in 1939 (age 69)
- Actor James Brolin in 1940 (age 68)
- Singer Martha Reeves in 1941 (age 67)
- Publisher Steve Forbes in 1947 (age 61)
- Country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 54)
- Actress Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 47)

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 07/18/2008
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