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September 16, 1926

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1926Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)[†]

Eric Gross AM was an Austrian-Australian pianist, composer and teacher.

1926John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)[†]

John Knowles was an American novelist best known for A Separate Peace (1959).

Roger McKee

1926Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)[†]

Roger Hornsby McKee was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1943-44 for the Philadelphia Phillies while still a teenager.

Robert Schuller

1926Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)[†]

Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. Over five decades, Schuller pastored his church in Garden Grove, California starting in 1955. The weekly broadcast of Hour of Power television program followed, which he hosted as a taped version of his weekly Sunday service, began in 1970, and he led until his retirement in 2006. His grandson, Bobby Schuller, carries on the Hour of Power, which has aired for over fifty years. During his time as a minister, Schuller oversaw the construction of two churches in Garden Grove, California. The first church built under his tenure was the Garden Grove Community Church chapel which seated 500, and the second was the much larger Crystal Cathedral, which has a capacity of 2,200.