Daisy and Violet Hilton, 103.
Before there were the freakish Hilton sisters, Paris and Nicky, there were Daisy and Violet Hilton, "The Hilton Sisters," a famed pair of British conjoined twins. They toured the vaudeville circuit and appeared in films, including Tod Browning's iconic Freaks in 1932.
Peg Entwistle, Welsh-born Broadway/Hollywood actress, 103.
She isn't remembered for the few inconsequential film roles she assayed: Her name is remembered because at the age of 24, apparently despondent over her career, she climbed the letter "H"of the famed "Hollywood"sign (which at the time read "Hollywoodland," the name of a housing development in the Hollywood Hills) and leapt to her death.
Adlai Stevenson would be 111.
(Adlai Stevenson as a young man)
American politician and Governor of Illinois (1948-52); 3-time presidential candidate (1952, 1956 & 1960) and Ambassador to the United Nations under JFK.
Sunny Clapp was born in Battle Creek, Michigan 112 years ago. He was a noted composer/dance band leader of the 1930's (and had my favorite band name of that era: Sunny Clapp and his Band O' Sunshine...doesn't that make you want to get up and dance?). Here they are, performing "Learn to Croon," by Harold Arlen (strangely, there were two songs of this title at around the same time...this isn't the version made famous by Bing Crosby. Sorry 'bout this girl singer...she's pretty awful).
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