Long considered the father of American music, Stephen Foster composed such classic songs as “Oh! Susanna,” “Camptown Races,” and “My Old Kentucky Home,” among many others. He is also the answer to the question Ralph Kramden famously missed in the “99,000 Question” episode of The Honeymooners, which was “Who is the composer of ‘Swanee River’?” Ralph’s answer: “Ed Norton.”
Born on the Fourth of July
Did you know the United States shares a birthday with Nathaniel Hawthorne, Calvin Coolidge, Malia Obama and these other famous Americans?
1826: Stephen Foster
Full List
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- 1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1826: Stephen Foster
- 1872: Calvin Coolidge
- 1883: Rube Goldberg
- 1918: Eppie Lederer and Pauline Phillips
- 1924: Eva Marie Saint
- 1927: Neil Simon
- 1929: Al Davis
- 1930: George Steinbrenner
- 1938: Bill Withers
- 1943: Geraldo Rivera
- 1946: Ron Kovic
- 1981: Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
- 1998: Malia Obama