Palfrey's life

There's this "fill in your birthday into wikipedia and list three interesting facts, two births, and one death for that day" meme going around. Now, my birthday (raspberrysalmon, if you want to steal things here feel free) would be January 8. There's a few vaguely interesting events (one train crash, two aircraft crashes, 3 significant battles), but nothing I would consider of particular interest to me. The births list is however more substantial (even without exiting the 20th century), and that's getting listed.

Births:
1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
1941 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989)
1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author
1944 - Terry Brooks, American writer
1947 - David Bowie, English musician
1967 - Michelle Forbes, American actress
1974 - Xzibit, American hip hop performer, actor, and television personality
1977 - Amber Benson, American actress

(Oh, and old Lord B-P died 40 years to the day before I was born)