 Born on this day in history, Emmy Award-winning actor Hume Cronin, born in 1911. Emmy Award-winning comedian Red Skelton, born in 1913. He won the Emmy for The Red Skelton Show. Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela, born in 1918. Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn, born in 1921. R&B singer Screamin' Jay Hawkins, born in 1929.