Famous birthdays for Sept. 9: Dave Stewart, Hugh Grant
The Cardinal-duc de Richelieu, a Roman Catholic cardinal and French statesman, in 1585
William Bligh, a British captain who served on the HMS Bounty in 1754
Leo Tolstoy, a Russian author, in 1828
Frank Chance, a baseball legend who was born in 1876
Harland Sanders,
the creator of Kentucky Fried Chicken, in 1890
Blues musician Otis Redding in 1941
Joe Theismann, a member of the Football Hall of Fame, in 1949 (age 73)
Tom Wopat, an actor, in 1951 (age 71)
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