This Week's Birthdays

January 11, 1923 – Carroll Shelby – American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman

January 12, 1876 – Jack London – American author

January 13, 1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator Grey’s Anatomy

January 14, 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver

January 15, 1929 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

January 16, 1947 – Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host

January 17, 1922 – Betty White, American actress