Today's Famous Birthdays

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Dennis Lynn Rader
(born March 9, 1945)

is an American serial killer known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself, for "bind, torture, kill"),
the BTK Strangler or the BTK Killer. Between 1974 and 1991, he killed ten people in Wichita and
Park City, Kansas, and sent taunting letters to police and media outlets describing the details of
his crimes. After a decade-long hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his
2005 arrest and subsequent guilty plea. He is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences
at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.











Robin Leonard Trower
(born 9 March 1945)

is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971,
and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band.











Christopher Hamlet Thompson
(born 9 March 1948)

is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit "Blinded By the Light" and for his solo accomplishments.










Jerry Eubanks
(born March 9, 1950)

is an American musician best known as the original saxophonist, keyboardist and flautist for
The Marshall Tucker Band. His flute and sax solos were a signature of the band. Eubanks left
the Marshall Tucker Band in 1996, outlasting most of the surviving original members. As of 2005,
he was running a company called Flatwoods Soaps, in Spartanburg, SC.