Weekly News & Notes

‘Crazy' rapist arrested after cops find 6 bodies
Police say ‘makeshift grave' was found under basement stairs at Ohio home

CLEVELAND - Six badly decomposed bodies found at the home of a convicted rapist facing a new rape allegation were females and all were homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday.

Powell Caesar, a spokesman for Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller, said at least five of the victims apparently had been strangled. Decomposition made it difficult to determine how the sixth victim died, he said.

None of the victims has been identified, Caesar said. Two victims were black, but race hadn't yet been determined in the other four bodies, he said.

Police found the first two bodies Thursday night when they went to the home of 50-year-old Anthony Sowell to arrest him on charges of rape and felonious assault, but he wasn't there. He was arrested Saturday when officers spotted him walking down the street of his east-side neighborhood.

On Friday, police found a third body and remains that were later confirmed to be three additional bodies. It wasn't determined how long the bodies were at the house, but "they could have been there anywhere from weeks to months to years," Caesar said.

Spent 15 years in prison
People who knew Sowell didn't think he had a job and said he often walked around his neighborhood looking for scrap metal to sell and asking for money. He spent 15 years in prison for choking and raping a 21-year-old woman who was lured to his bedroom in 1989, police said.

Online court records do not show an attorney for Sowell, and the jail staff said no information was available.

Sowell's three-story house with neat white siding sits in a crowded inner-city neighborhood of mostly older homes, some boarded up, and small corner stores.

Police spokesman Lt. Thomas Stacho told NBC News on Sunday that officers had found a "makeshift grave under the stairs in the basement" of the home.

Speaking to NBC's TODAY, Stacho alleged Sowell would "befriend ... women on the street, many times talked about drinking a beer with him, sometimes took them back to his home, sometimes forced them back to his home where he attacked them and we believe probably killed them."

Police established a command post in the neighborhood to take missing-person reports and additional information on outstanding missing persons in the neighborhood.

Teresa Hicks, 48, was among the neighbors who said they were relieved about the arrest but left with a heightened fear of crime. She said she has known Sowell since high school.

"He was crazy," she said from her porch. "Sometimes he would just go off if he didn't have his way."

‘I think one of them was her'

Ida Garrett, 72, walked to church services Sunday just one block from Sowell's home. She said the neighborhood was relieved by the arrest but worried about those missing, including one of her friends who disappeared six months ago, just after Garrett wished her a happy 43rd birthday.

The friend, Nancy Cobbs, lived one street away from the Sowell home. She was reported missing in April, and her family told police they fear she is among the victims.

"She seemed to be a very nice, quiet girl. I've known her since she was a teenager," Garrett said, adding: "I think one of them is her."

Clovice Ramsey, minister at All Nations Deliverance Ministries in nearby Maple Heights, held a "PEACE" sign on a corner within sight of the Sowell home and said the discovery of the bodies had damaged people's trust in law enforcement.

"They don't see the system working for them," Ramsey said. Sowell "is not being rehabilitated. They are not keeping a watch on him. I just feel that when the systems fails, the people give up. They give up on the system, and they give up on the God they can't see."

As a convicted sex offender, Sowell was required to report regularly to the sheriff's office, which said he had complied.

Rape allegation led to discovery
The most recent visit to his home by deputies to confirm where he lived came Sept. 22, but deputies didn't have a warrant and didn't walk inside. Hours later, a woman told police she had been raped at the house by Sowell, whom she knew. That allegation led to Thursday's search and the discovery of the bodies.

The home was still cordoned off with police tape Sunday and officers monitored it from two patrol cars.

The windows of the third floor, where the first two bodies were found, were wide open Sunday as a slight breeze blew through the neighborhood. Some neighbors said a bad smell came from the house several months ago, but they thought then that it might be natural gas.

Sowell returned to the family home in 2005 after his release from prison. The home was owned by two of Sowell's relatives, including a woman - described by neighbors as either Sowell's stepmother or aunt - who kept up the house.

Neighbors said the woman moved into a nursing home after Sowell was released from prison. Teresa Hicks, a neighbor, said people feared that she might be dead. Police were looking into her status.

Police were checking unsolved crime reports for similarities to the 1989 rape or the recent allegation against Sowell.

On Sunday, police urged the public for help in identifying missing people who may have been victims.

Death toll rises to 13 in Fort Hood rampage
Another 30 hurt; shooter reportedly shouted Allahu Akbar before attack

FORT HOOD, Texas - Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.

The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital after being shot four times during the shootings at the Army's sprawling Fort Hood, post officials said. In the early chaos after the shootings, authorities believed they had killed him, only to discover later that he had survived.

In Washington, a senior U.S. official said authorities at Fort Hood initially thought one of the victims who had been shot and killed was the shooter. The mistake resulted in a delay of several hours in identifying Hasan as the alleged assailant.

The commander of the Fort Hood Lt. Gen. Bob Cone told NBC's TODAY on Friday that Hasan was in a "stable condition." He said he would be interrogated as soon as possible.

Cone also said he heard first-hand accounts from witnesses on the scene that Hassan shouted "Allahu Akbar," which means "God is Great" in Arabic, before he opened fire at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood.

'Friendly fire'
Authorities have not ruled out that Hasan was acting on behalf of some unidentified radical group, the official said. He would not say whether any evidence had come to light to support that theory.

The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss matters that were under investigation.

Officials are not ruling out the possibility that some of the casualties may have been victims of "friendly fire," that in the mayhem and confusion at the shooting scene some of the responding military officials may have shot some of the victims.

The gunfire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at the Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening. Nearby, some soldiers were readying to head into a graduation ceremony for troops and families who had recently earned degrees.

‘Sir, they are opening fire over there!'
Pastor Greg Schannep had just parked his car along the side of the theater and was about to head into the ceremony when a man in uniform approached him.

"Sir, they are opening fire over there!" the man told him. At first, he thought it was a training exercise - then heard three volleys and saw people running. As the man who warned him about the shots ran away, he could see the man's back was bloodied from a wound.

Schannep said police and medical and other emergency personnel were on the scene in an instant, telling people to get inside the theater. The post went into lockdown while a search began for a suspect and emergency workers began trying to treat the wounded. Some soldiers rushed to treat their injured colleagues by ripping their uniforms into makeshift bandages to treat their wounds.

Fort Hood's Cone praised the soldiers for their quick reaction.

"God bless these soldiers," Cone said. "As horrible as this was it could have been worse."

Cone made special mention of Amber Bahr, 19, an army nutritionist who was wounded during the attack. He said she helped wounded soldiers during the rampage. Only after the attack did she realize that she herself was wounded. Cone said.

Her mother, Lisa Pfund, told the Sheboygan Press that she spoke briefly to Bahr after she was taken to a community hospital.

"I actually got to talk to Amber and I talked to her for about 30 seconds and she was in a lot of pain," Pfund said. "She couldn't tell me nothing, either."

Shock
Video from the scene showed police patrolling the area with handguns and rifles, ducking behind buildings for cover. Sirens could be heard wailing while a woman's voice on a public-address system urged people to take cover. Schools on the base went into lockdown, and family members trying to find out what was happening inside found cell phone lines jammed or busy.

"I was confused and just shocked," said Spc. Jerry Richard, 27, who works at the center but was not on duty during the shooting. "Overseas you are ready for it. But here you can't even defend yourself."

The wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texas, Cone said. Their identities and the identities of the dead were not immediately released.

The bodies of the victims would be taken to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for autopsies and forensic tests, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss matters that were under investigation.

There will also be a ceremony at the air base to honor the dead.

Jamie and Scotty Casteel stood outside the emergency room at the hospital in Temple waiting for news of their son-in-law Matthew Cooke, who was among the injured.

"He's been shot in the abdomen and that's all we know," Jamie Casteel told The Associated Press. She said Cook, from New York state, had been home from Iraq for about a year.

Ashley Saucedo told WOOD-TV in Michigan that her husband was shot in the arm, but she couldn't discuss specifics. Saucedo said she and the couple's two children weren't permitted to leave their home at Fort Hood during the shootings.

Anger about looming deployment?
The motive for the shooting wasn't clear, but Hasan was apparently set to deploy soon, and had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said generals at Fort Hood told her that Hasan was about to deploy overseas. Retired Col. Terry Lee, who said he had worked with Hasan, told Fox News he was being sent to Afghanistan.

Lee said Hasan had hoped Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars.

For six years before reporting for duty at Fort Hood, in July, the 39-year-old Army major worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center pursuing a career in psychiatry, as an intern, a resident and, last year, a fellow in disaster and preventive psychiatry. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001.

But his record wasn't sterling. At Walter Reed, he received a poor performance evaluation, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly. And while he was an intern, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.

At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.

Investigators had not determined for certain whether Hasan was the author of the posting, and a formal investigation had not been opened before the shooting, said law enforcement officials who spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the case.

The FBI, local police and other agencies searched Hasan's apartment Thursday night after evacuating the complex in Killeen, said city spokeswoman Hilary Shine. She referred questions about what was found to the FBI. The FBI in Dallas referred questions to a spokesman who was not immediately available early Friday morning.

Madoff's long-time auditor pleads guilty
Pleads guilty to securities fraud in connection with massive Ponzi scheme

NEW YORK - Disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff's longtime auditor pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges Tuesday in a cooperation deal that could leave him behind bars for years.

The government said David Friehling, whose plea was accepted in federal court in Manhattan, would have known that Madoff was carrying out history's biggest pyramid, or Ponzi scheme - because he kept the books.

But the auditor told U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein: "At no time was I ever aware Bernard Madoff was engaged in a Ponzi scheme."

Prosecutors said last week that Friehling would enter a plea to securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, making false filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and obstructing or impeding the administration of the Internal Revenue laws.

The charges carry a potential prison term of up to 108 years in prison, though substantial cooperation with prosecutors can result in leniency.

Friehling, 49, was Madoff's auditor from 1991 to 2008, roughly the amount of time that Madoff admitted he carried out his fraud when he pleaded guilty in March. The 71-year-old Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence at a prison in North Carolina.

Despite the more than $65 billion in private investments that Madoff claimed he oversaw for thousands of investors, Friehling seemed to be a small-time auditor with a tiny office in suburban New City, New York. Authorities say he appeared to have rubber stamped Madoff's records.

Authorities say if Friehling had done his job, they would have known years earlier that Madoff was carrying out history's greatest Ponzi scheme by paying money to some investors with the proceeds he received from other investors.

When Madoff revealed his fraud last December in a confession to his sons and later to the FBI, it was discovered that only a few hundred million dollars was left of the more than $170 billion that prosecutors say went through his accounts over the years. Prosecutors say investors originally entrusted Madoff with more than $13 billion and he greatly exaggerated bogus gains.

It's the third plea in the case. Frank DiPascali, Madoff's former finance chief, also is cooperating after pleading guilty in August to helping Madoff carry out his fraud.

1492: The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

1893: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote.

1933: Fiorello H. LaGuardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.

November 8

1889: Montana becomes the 41st state of the Union.

1960: Masachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. presidential election, defeating Vice President Richard Nixon.

1970: Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal

November 9

1865: Conf Gen Lee surrenders to Union Gen Grant at Appomattox

1965: 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New England, and Ontario causes the NY blackout

1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to freely travel to West Germany. People start demolishing the Berlin Wall.

November 10

1924: Dion O'Banion, leader of the North Side Gang is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio's gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920s in Chicago.

1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens to visitors in Washington, D.C.

November 11

1889: Washington admitted as 42nd state

1918: World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compigne in France. The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month).

November 12

1948: In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.

1997: Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

November 13

1927: The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicular tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

1971: The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.

1990: The World Wide Web first began.

Leonardo DiCaprio
Born: 1974-11-11
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "The Aviator" (also produced), "Gangs of New York", "Catch Me If You Can", "The Beach", "Celebrity", "The Man in the Iron Mask", "Titanic", "Marvin's Room","Romeo + Juliet", "The Basketball Diaries", "The Quick and the Dead", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "This Boy's Life", "Poison Ivy" and "Critters 3". As well, he has appeared on such television shows as "Growing Pains" (Luke Brower), "Santa Barbara" (Young Mason Capwell) and "Parenthood" (Garry Buckman), among various guest appearances. His step-brother is actor Adam Farrar.

Calista Flockhart
Born: 1964-11-11
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Stubby Kaye
Born: 1918-11-11
Death: 1997-12-14
He was an actor who appeared in such movies as "The Big Knife", "Ellis Island", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Sixpack Annie", "Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County", "Sweet Charity", "After Many a Summer", "Cat Ballou", "Sex and the Single Girl", "Full Speed for Anywhere", "L'il Abner", "Hansel and Gretel", "Guys and Dolls" (also in Broadway production) and "Taxi". As well, he appeared on such television shows as "Shenanigans" (host), "My Sister Eileen" (Marty) and "Love and Marriage" (Stubby Wilson), among various guest appearances. At one time, he was married to actress Angela Bracewell. He died of lung cancer.

Rudy Larusso
Born: 1937-11-11
Death: 2004-07-10
Former NBA Basketball star

Charles Manson
Born: 1934-11-11
He was the self stated messaianic leader of a cult group who lived in a ranch north of Los Angeles. The members of the 'family' believed he was God, and did anything and everything he asked for. He organized regular orgies and directed what should happen at each one. He handed out drugs to his followers, and when he told them to kill, they did so without question. 'Helter Skelter' was the name he had given to the black uprising which he was expecting to happen. When it didn't happen as fast as he wanted it to, he decided that he would speed its arrival up by killing white people. In this way, black people would get the blame, there would be retaliation killings and a war would start. This war would signal the end of the world and, after the war, the Manson family would take over the world. He took the term 'helter skelter' from the Beatles' "White Album" (unaware that the term means a fairground ride). He was obsessed with the Beatles and believed that many of their songs contained messages directed at him, acknowledging that he was the incarnation of Christ. His victims included actress Sharon Tate, Gary Hinman, Steven Earl Parent, Voytek Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Leon LaBianca, Rosemary LaBianca and Shorty Shea. Manson, and his 'family', were all given death sentences, but they were later commuted to life imprisonment after the gas chamber was abolished in California.

Demi Moore
Born: 1962-11-11
She is an actress who has appeared in such movies as "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", "Passion of Mind", "Deconstructing Harry", "G.I. Jane" (also produced), "If These Walls Could Talk", "Striptease", "The Juror", "Now and Then" (also produced), "Disclosure", "Indecent Proposal", "A Few Good Men", "Mortal Thoughts" (also co-produced), "Ghost", "We're No Angels", "Wisdom", "About Last Night...", "St. Elmo's Fire" and "Choices". As well, she has appeared on the television show "General Hospital" (Jackie Templeton), among various guest appearances. Her nephews are actors Cooper and Oliver Guynes, husband is actor Ashton Kutcher and, at one time, was married to actor Bruce Willis.

George S. Patton
Born: 1885-11-11
Death: 1945-12-21
One of the greatest field Generals in US History

Harold "Pie" Traynor
Born: 1899-11-11
Death: 1972-03-16
"Hall of Fame" MLB baseball player (third base). He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and is rated among the best third basemen of all time. He holds several fielding records and compiled a career batting average of .320.

Stanley Tucci
Born: 1960-11-11
Actor, TV & Movie Star

Jonathan Winters
Born: 1925-11-11
Comedian, Actor, TV & Movie Star

November 12

Donna (Elektra) Adamo
Born: 1970-11-12
Professional Wrestler, Model, Actress

Nadia Comaneci
Born: 1961-11-12
Olympic/World gymnast (Romania). She was the first woman ever to score a perfect '10' and has won 5 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze. She is married to former U.S. gymnast Bart Connor.

Glen Gilberti
Born: 1968-11-12
Professional Wrestler

Tonya Harding
Born: 1970-11-12
Professional figure skater (U.S.A.). She had some success nationally, however, she is most famous for her role (along with Jeff Galooly) in the whacking of the shins of fellow U.S. teammate Nancy Kerrigan prior to the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Grace Kelly
Born: 1929-11-12
Death: 1982-09-14
She was an actress who appeared in such movies as "High Noon", "Rear Window", "The Country Girl" (won an Academy Award) and "High Society". After she married Prince Rainier III, she gave up acting and had 3 children. She died in a car accident.

Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans
Born: 1912-11-12
Death: 1979-01-19
"Hall of Fame" NFL football player (halfback, fullback). He played his entire career for the New York Giants, had 3,142 yards rushing, 2,324 yards passing, 442 yards receiving, 16 touchdown passes and averaged 14 yards per punt return.

Sammy Sosa
Born: 1968-11-12
MLB baseball player (right center field). He has played for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. During the 1997/98 season, he was involved in the home run race with Mark McGwire, breaking Roger Maris' record of 61 (ended up hitting 65).

Neil Young
Born: 1945-11-12
"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" performer. He is a singer who has recorded such songs as "Harvest", "Bluebird" and "The Loner". As well, he was a member of both the groups Buffalo Springfield ("Mr. Soul") and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ("Teach Your Children").

November 13

Jack Elam
Born: 1916-11-13
Death: 2003-10-20
He was an actor who appeared in such movies as "Bonanza: Under Attack", "Shadow Force", "Suburban Commando", "Once Upon a Texas Train", "Cannonball Run II", "Jinxed!", "Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills", "Sacred Ground", "The Villian", "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again", "The Norseman", "Black Beauty", "Huckleberry Finn", "Cat Ballou", "Support Your Local Gunfighter", "Firecreek", "Baby Face Nelson", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", "The Rare Breed", "Vera Cruz", "Wichita", "The Sundowners", "Kiss Me Deadly", "Rawhide" and "Trailin' West". As well, he appeared on such television shows as "Lucky Luke", "Easy Street" (Bully Stevenson), "Detective in the House" (Nick Turner), "Struck by Lightning" (Frank), "The Texas Wheelers" (Zack Wheeler), "Temple Houston" (George Taggart), "The Dakotas" (Deputy J.D. Smith) and "Sugarfoot" (Toothy Thompson), among numerous guest appearances.

Whoopi Goldberg
Born: 1955-11-13
Comedian, Actress, TV & Movie Star

Jimmy Kimmel
Born: 1967-11-13
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "Like Mike", "Donner", "Down to You" and "Delinquent's Derby". As well, he has appeared on such television shows as "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (host), "The Man Show" (co-host) and "Win Ben Stein's Money" (co-host, announcer). His cousin is actor/writer Sal Iacono.

Joe Mantegna
Born: 1947-11-13
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "The Book of Joe", "Edmond", "Nine Lives", "Uncle Nino", "And Thou Shalt Honor", "Thin Air", "Liberty Heights", "Celebrity", "The Rat Pack", "The Last Don" (and sequel), "Albino Alligator", "Eye for an Eye", "Walking Shadow" (also co-executive produced), "Baby's Day Out", "Bugsy", "The Godfather: Part III", "Suspect", "The Money Pit", "Xanadu", "To Be Announced" and "Medusa Challenger". As well, he has appeared on such television shows as "Joan of Arcadia" (Will Giardi), "First Monday" (Justice Joseph Novelli) and "Comedy Zone", among numerous guest appearances. Also, he has appeared in such Broadway productions as "Working" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" (won a Tony Award).

Garry (Masciarelli) Marshall
Born: 1934-11-13
He has directed such movies as "Rogue Farm" (also wrote), "The Princess Diaries" (and sequel), "Raising Helen", "Runaway Bride", "The Other Sister" (also wrote), "Exit to Eden" (also produced), "Pretty Woman", "Beaches", "Overboard", "Nothing in Common", "The Flamingo Kid" (also wrote) and "Young Doctors in Love" (also executive produced). As well, he has directed such television shows as "Murphy Brown", "Mork and Mindy" (also co-created and executive produced), "Laverne and Shirley" (also co-created), "Me and the Chimp" (also created and executive produced), "Happy Days" (also created and wrote) and "The Odd Couple" (also wrote). As an actor, he has appeared in many of his movies, as well as, those of his sister, producer/director/actress Penny Marshall. His wife is actress Barbara Marshall, other sister is producer/actress Ronnie Hallin, son is actor Scott Marshall, daughters are actresses Lori and Kathleen Marshall and father was producer/actor Anthony W. Marshall.

Gilbert Perreault
Born: 1950-11-13
"Hall of Fame" NHL hockey player (center). He played his entire career for the Buffalo Sabres, scored 512 goals, had 814 assists and won both the Calder and Lady Byng Trophies

Tracy Scoggins
Born: 1959-11-13
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Robert Louis Stevenson
Born: 1850-11-13
Death: 1894-12-03
He was a poet and author whose works included "Treasure Island", "The Suicide Club", "Jekyll and Hyde", "Kidnapped" and "The Master of Ballantrae" (all adapted into stage productions/movies).

Vinny Testaverde
Born: 1963-11-13
NFL football player (quarterback). He attended the University of Miami and has played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys.

Tony Canzoneri
Born: 1908-11-06
Death: 1959-12-09
Boxer, Former Featherweight, Lightweight, and Jr. Welterweight Champion

Daniella Cicarelli
Born: 1978-11-06
Fashion Model, TV Hostess

Peter DeLuise
Born: 1966-11-06
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "Between The Sheets" and "Hot Stuff". Also, he has appeared on such television shows as "SeaQuest DSV" (Dagwood). He has directed such television shows as "Stargate SG-1" and "Silk Stalkings".

Sally Field
Born: 1946-11-06
She is an actress who has appeared in such movies as "Legally Blonde" (and sequel), "Say It Isn't So", "Where the Heart Is", "From the Earth to the Moon", "Eye for an Eye", "A Woman of Independent Means" (also executive produced), "Forrest Gump", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Soapdish", "Not Without My Daughter", "Punchline", "Steel Magnolias", "Murphy's Romance", "Places in the Heart", "Absence of Malice", "Smokey and the Bandit" (and sequel), "David Copperfield" (1986, 2000), "Norma Rae" (won an Academy Award), "The End", "Sybil", "Hitched", "Marriage: Year One" and "The Way West". As well, she has appeared on such television shows as "The Court" (Justice Kate Nolan), "The Flying Nun" (Sister Bertrille [Elsie Ethrington]) and "Gidget" (Frances Elizabeth 'Gidget' Lawrence), among numerous guest appearances. Her mother is actress Margaret Field, son is actor/writer/producer/director Eli Craig and, at one time, she was married to actor Alan Greisman.

Ethan Hawke
Born: 1970-11-06
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "Hamlet", "Snow Falling On Cedars", "Gattaca", "Quiz Show", "Reality Bites", "Alive", "Mystery Date", "Dead Poets Society" and "Explorers". His wife is actress Uma Thurman.

Walter "Big Train" Johnson
Born: 1887-11-06
Death: 1946-12-10
"Hall of Fame" MLB baseball player (pitcher). He played his entire career for the Washington Senators, won 416 games, had 110 shutouts and struck-out 3,508 batters.

Dr. James Naismith
Born: 1861-11-06
Death: 1939-11-28
"Hall of Fame" basketball contributor. He invented the game of basketball, as it was originally called, and developed it's first 13 rules. As well, he wrote numerous books and articles, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.

Ken Patera
Born: 1943-11-06
Olympic Weight Lifter, Former Pro Wrestler

Rebecca Romijn (Stamos)
Born: 1972-11-06
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Pat Tillman
Born: 1976-11-06
Death: 2004-04-22
NFL football player (strong safety). He attended Arizona State University and played his entire career for the Arizona Cardinals. He left football to become an Army Ranger. He was killed by 'friendly fire' while serving in Afghanistan.

November 7

Madame Marie Curie
Born: 1867-11-07
She is famous for her work on radioactivity. She won the Nobel prize twice, first in 1903 for physics (jointly with her husband, Pierre, and with Henri Becquerel) for the discovery of radium and polonium, and again in 1911 for chemistry(by herself) for the isolation of pure radium. She died of leukemia in 1934.

Joni Mitchell
Born: 1943-11-07
"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" performer. She is a singer, songwriter and guitar player who has recorded such songs as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Chelsea Morning", "California", "A Case of You" and "For the Roses".

Johnny Rivers (John Ramistella)
Born: 1942-11-07
He is a musician.

November 8

Lou Ambers (Luigi D'Ambrosio)
Born: 1913-11-08
Death: 1995-04-24
Former Lightweight Boxing Champion

Johnny Bower
Born: 1924-11-08
"Hall of Fame" NHL hockey player (goalie). He played for the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. During his career, he won 4 Stanley Cups, had a 2.52 goals-against average, 42 shutouts and won the Les Cunningham (3) and Harry Holmes (3) and Vezina Trophies.

Leif Garrett
Born: 1961-11-08
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "The Outsiders" and "Walking Tall". Also, he has appeared on such television shows as "Three For the Road" (Endy). As a singer, he has recorded such songs as "New York City Nights".

Patti Page
Born: 1927-11-08
She is a singer who has recorded such songs as "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming", "The Tennessee Waltz", "Have a Little Faith and Love Will Come to You", "Allegheny Moon" and "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?". As well, she has appeared in such movies as "Good Old Days Part II", "Dondi" and "Elmer Gantry". Also, she has appeared on such television shows as "The Big Record" (host) and "Music Hall" (host), among various guest appearances. At one time she was married to choreographer Charles O'Curran.

Mike Peluso
Born: 1965-11-08
Former NHL Hockey Player

Nick Punto
Born: 1977-11-08
Major League Baseball Player

Bonnie Raitt
Born: 1949-11-08
"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" performer. She is a singer who has recorded such songs as "Have a Heart", "Thing Called Love", "Give It Up or Let Me Go", "Love Me Like a Man", "Something to Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me". Her father was actor John Raitt.

Tara Reid
Born: 1975-11-08
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Bram Stoker
Born: 1847-11-08
Death: 1912-07-20
He was an author whose works included "Dracula" (from which many movie has been adapted) and "Burial of the Rats" (also adapted into a movie).

November 9

Dorothy Dandridge
Born: 1922-11-09
Death: 1965-09-08
She was a singer and actress ("Porgy and Bess"). She was the first black woman ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (for her role in "Carmen Jones"). Her death was due to a drug overdose, and she died pretty much poor.

Lou Ferrigno
Born: 1951-11-09
Champion Body Builder, Actor, TV & Movie Star

Tom Fogerty
Born: 1941-11-09
"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" performer. He was a singer and guitar player who recorded such songs as "Teardrops" and "Wandering". As well, he was a member of the group Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Bad Moon Rising"). He died of respiratory failure in 1990.

Robert "Bob" Gibson
Born: 1935-11-09
"Hall of Fame" MLB baseball player (pitcher). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, had a career record of 251-174, a 2.91 ERA, won 2 Cy Young Awards and was National League MVP in 1968.

Nick Lachey
Born: 1973-11-09
He is a singer who has recorded such songs as "This I Swear", "On and On", "You're the Only Place" and "I Fall in Love Again". As well, he is a member of the group 98 Degrees ("Invisible Man", "Because of You", "The Hardest Thing", "I Do [Cherish You]", "Why [Are We Still Friends]", "Thank God I Found You", "Give Me Just One Night [Una Noche]", "My Everything", "The Way You Want Me To", "This Gift", "Was It Something I Didn't Say", "Never Let Go", "True to Your Heart"). His wife is singer Jessica Simpson.

Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Born: 1974-11-09
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Vanessa Minnillo
Born: 1980-11-09
Actress, Model, TV & Movie Star

Carl Sagan
Born: 1934-11-09
Death: 1996-12-20
He was an astronomer and science popularizer. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He was world-famous for his popular science books and the television show "Cosmos", which he co-wrote and presented. In his works, he frequently advocated the scientific method. He died of bone marrow cancer.

November 10

Richard Burton
Born: 1925-11-10
Death: 1984-08-05
Actor, Movie Star

Bancroft Gherardi
Born: 1832-11-10
Death: 1903-12-10
Military, CMH Winner

Brittany Murphy (Sharon Bertolotti)
Born: 1977-11-10
Actress, Movie Star

Mackenzie Phillips
Born: 1959-11-10
She is an actress who has appeared in movies as "American Graffiti" and "Go Ask Alice". Also, she has appeared on such television shows as "One Day At A Time" (Julie Cooper Horvath). Over the years, she has battled with drug abuse.

Ellen Pompeo
Born: 1969-11-10
Actress, TV & Movie Star

Jack Scalia
Born: 1951-11-10
Actor, TV & Movie Star

Roy Scheider
Born: 1935-11-10
He is an actor who has appeared in such movies as "The Punisher", "Dracula II: Ascension", "King of Texas", "Diamond Hunters", "The Seventh Scroll", "Daybreak", "The Rainmaker", "The Peacekeeper", "Wild Justice", "The Russia House", "Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number", "All That Jazz", "Jaws" (and sequel), "Marathon Man", "The French Connection", "Klute" and "The Curse of the Living Corpse". As well, he has appeared on such television shows as "SeaQuest DSV" (Captain Nathan Bridger - and movie), "Race to Save the Planet" (narrator), "The Secret Storm" (Bob Hill), "Love of Life" (Jonas Falk) and "The Edge of Night" (Kenny), among various guest appearances. His son is actor Christian Scheider, wife is actress Brenda King and, at one time, he was married to editor Cynthia Scheider.