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June 25, 1934

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Jean Geissinger

1934Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (died 2014)[†]

Jean Louise Geissinger was an American infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies and the Grand Rapids Chicks. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 pounds (54 kg), she batted and threw right-handed.

1934Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author (died 2023)[†]

Jack Hayford was an American Pentecostal minister, Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University, as well as an author, broadcaster, and accomplished songwriter. He was formerly a senior pastor of The Church on the Way in Van Nuys, California, one of a handful of flagship churches in the Foursquare denomination, and was the fifth President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was widely known for his involvement in the Promise Keepers movement, and for being a prolific author and songwriter, with more than a dozen books and over 600 hymns and choruses to his name. Among them, he wrote and composed the popular hymn "Majesty" (1978), a top-100 contemporary hymn. A recipient of several honorary degrees, Hayford was also a 2014 inductee into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Beatriz Sheridan

1934Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (died 2006)[†]

Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan, was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she was also a teacher of dramatic technique for television.