1963 Birthday Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut, STS-72, sk: 92 1963 Birthday Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95 1962 Birthday Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS-85, sk: 99 1961 Birthday Pamela Ann Melroy, born in Palo Alto, California, Major USAF/astronaut, sk:STS-92 1961 Birthday Scott E Parazynski, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, MD/astronaut, STS-66, 86, sk:95 1960 Birthday James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo, New York, PhD/astronaut, sk STS-90 1960 Birthday Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, astronaut, STS-65, 72, sk: 92 1959 Birthday Carlos I Noriega, Lima Peru, astronaut, STS-84, sk 97 1959 Birthday Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut, STS-74, sk: 99 1959 Birthday Kathryn P Hire, Mobile Alabama, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Birthday Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Birthday Janet Lynn Kavandi, born in Springfield, Missouri, PhD/astronaut, sk:STS-91 1959 Birthday Wendy B. Lawrence, born in Jacksonville, Florida, astronaut, STS-67, 86, sk:91 1958 Birthday Nancy J. Currie, born in Wilmington, Delaware, Major Army/astronaut, STS-57, 70, sk: 88 1958 Birthday Brent W. Jett, Jr., Pontiac, Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, STS-72, sk:81 1958 Birthday Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka, Russian major/cosmonaut, SK: Soyuz TM-28 1958 Birthday Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92 1957 Birthday Gregory T Linteris, Demarest, New Jersey, astronaut, sk: STS-83 1957 Birthday Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-78, sk: 90 1957 Birthday Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1956 Birthday David A. Wolf, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, MD/astronaut, STS-58, sk: 89/91 1956 Birthday Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS-58 alt, sk: 90 1956 Birthday Richard A. Searfoss, born in Mount Clemons, Michigan, Astronaut, STS-58, 76, sk 90 1956 Birthday Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield, Ohio, astronaut, STS-69, 83, 94, sk 100 1956 Birthday Curtis L. Brown, Jr., North Carolina, astronaut, STS-47, STS-66, 77, 85, sk:95 1956 Birthday Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28 1955 Birthday Stephen K Robinson, Sacramento California, PhD/astronaut, STS-85, sk:95 1955 Birthday Charles J Precourt, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, astronaut, STS-55, 71, 84, sk:91 1955 Birthday Thomas David Jones, born in Baltimore, Maryland, PhD/Astronaut, STS-59, 68, 80, sk: 98 1954 Birthday Jeffrey S. Ashby, born in Dallas, Texas, astronaut, sk: STS-85 1954 Birthday [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon, Canada, MD/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1954 Birthday James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100 1953 Birthday Brian J. Duffy, born in Boston, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-45, 57, 72, sk:92 1952 Birthday Mark C Lee, Viroqua WI, Major USAF/astronaut, STS-30, 47, 64, 82,sk: 98 1952 Birthday Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut, STS-65, sk:95 1951 Birthday William Surles "Bill" McArthur, Jr., born in North Carolina, astronaut, STS-58, 74, sk: 92 1950 Birthday Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, born in Costa Rica, astronaut, STS-61C, 34,46,60,75, sk:91 1950 Birthday Joseph R Tanner, Danville, Illinois, astronaut, STS-66, 82, sk: 97 1949 Birthday Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1949 Birthday Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut, SK:Soyuz TM-28 1949 Birthday Robert Cabana, born in Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut, STS-41, 53, 68, sk:88 1948 Birthday Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, STS-61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 1947 Birthday Margaret Rhea Seddon, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, MD/astronaut, STS-51D, 40, SK:58 1929 Birthday William Edgar Thornton, born in Faison, North Carolina, MD/astronaut, STS-8, 51-B, sk:49 1896 Death Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies