Tony Zappone
Tony Zappone, became at age 16 the youngest credentialed journalist to lend press coverage to a major national political convention. He was also the youngest contributor of evidence during the Warren Commission hearings into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He began his career in journalism at age 14 as a freelance photographer with The Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times, paid at the rate of three dollars per news photo used.
9 October 1947
Born on the same birth date (9 October 1947): France Gall • John Doubleday (sculptor) • William E. McAnulty Jr.
Born on the same birth day (9 October): Abdullah Ibrahim • Carling Bassett-Seguso • Darius Miles • E. Howard Hunt • Emanuele Belardi • Farhaan Behardien • Filip Bobek • Gordon J. Humphrey • Jens Bjørneboe • Jimbo Fisher • John Pilger • Laure Manaudou • Melvin Sokolsky • Robert Wuhl • Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland
Born in the same month (October 1947): Buzz Capra • Gary Sullivan (rugby league) • Hümeyra • Jill Larson • Jim Fielder • John Perry Barlow • Julien Clerc • Michèle Pierre-Louis • Reg Empey • Trevor Joyce • William E. McAnulty Jr.