November 19, 1956

1956Eileen Collins, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut^[†]

Eileen Marie Collins is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission.

1956Ann Curry, Guamanian-American journalist^[†]

Ann Curry is an American journalist, who has been a reporter for more than 45 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters. Curry has reported from the wars in Kosovo, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan, Darfur, Congo, and the Central African Republic. Curry has covered numerous disasters, including the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, where her appeal via Twitter topped Twitter's 'most powerful' list, credited for helping speed the arrival of humanitarian planes.

1956Glynnis O'Connor, American actress^[†]

Glynnis O'Connor is an American actress. She made her big-screen debut starring in the 1973 romantic drama film, Jeremy. She later starred in the short-lived CBS drama series Sons and Daughters (1974) and the television version of Our Town (1977). She starred in films Ode to Billy Joe, Baby Blue Marine, California Dreaming (1979), Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980), The White Lions (1981), Night Crossing, Melanie - and Johnny Dangerously (1984).

1956Sergiy Vilkomir, Ukrainian-born computer scientist (died 2020)^[†]

Sergiy A. Vilkomir was a Ukrainian-born computer scientist.