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Juice Newton is 71.

54 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth 49 Enya – Orinoco Flow 38 Black Box – Ride On Time 36 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 33 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now +4 32 Madonna — Like a Prayer -1 32 Aswad – Don’t Turn Around 30 Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 30 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 29 Pet Shop Boys – Heart 24 Soul to Soul ft Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 23 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 18 Marc Almond/Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart -5 If someone else accidentally forgets to delete the extra Tiffany after copy-pasting:

Geronimo died on this day 114 years ago, aged 79. - Geronimo's Apache name, "Goyaale", meant "the one who yawns" in his native language. - In 1851, Geronimo's family was murdered by Mexican soldiers while he and the other men in his camp were trading in the town of Janos. From then on, Geronimo would attack and/or kill any group of Mexicans he encountered. The name "Geronimo" came from one of these incidents, where Mexican soldiers called out the name of Saint Jerome (Jeronimo). - Between 1848 and 1886, Geronimo raided many American settlements with his tribe, and would often escape reservations with them. After his final surrender, he would remain a prisoner of war for the rest of his life. - Despite his prisoner status, his exploits caught the attention of the American public, and he became a celebrity in Nebraska, and the army allowed him to participate in world's fairs under their guard. Wild West showrunner Pawnee Bill made an agreement with the government to feature Geronimo in his shows. - In his later years, Geronimo turned to Christianity, and was expelled from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1907 for gambling. He would still somewhat hold on to his traditional religion as well. - A rumor persists that members of the Skull and Bones society volunteering at Fort Sill stole Geronimo's skull in 1918- among the alleged thieves was Prescott Bush, father of George H. W. and grandfather of George W. - The first instance of shouting his name when jumping came from a paratrooper named Aubrey Eberhardt in 1940, who had seen the biopic of him in theaters the night before his first jump. His name was shouted due to his fellow paratroopers taunting him for cowardice, saying that he would be too scared to remember the name of the film when jumping.

Kevin Rudolf is 40.

52 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth +2 47 Enya – Orinoco Flow 38 Black Box – Ride On Time 36The Bangles – Eternal Flame 35 Pet Shop Boys — Heart 33 Madonna —Like a Prayer 32 Tiffany – I Think We´re Alone Now +2 31 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 27 Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 27 Aswad – Don’t Turn Around 26 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad Of The Streets EP) 25 Soul to Soul ft Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 23 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 15 Marc Almond/Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart 13 Yazz and the Plastic Population - The Only Way is Up -1 10 S-Express – Theme from S-Express -3 4 U2 – Desire -2

Lesley Gore died on this day 8 years ago, aged 68. - Gore was born as "Lesley Goldstein", but used her mother's maiden name as her stage name. - Gore's dentist was the uncle of songwriter Marvin Hamlisch- Marvin used him to give her his songs, and among the most famous of these was 1963's "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows". - Gore's feminist anthem "You Don't Own Me" was her last top-ten single. It reached number 2 on the US Chart, but was prevented from becoming a number 1 due to Beatlemania- specifically "I Want to Hold Your Hand". - Gore acted in two episodes of the Adam West Batman show, playing one of Catwoman's goons, named "Pussycat". - Gore composed the songs "Out Here on My Own" and "Hot Lunch Jam" for the 1980 film Fame. Both were sung by the late Irene Cara. - Gore would host the PBS show In the Life several times, and officially came out as a lesbian in 2005, having been in a relationship with a woman named Lois Sasson since 1982.

LeVar Burton is 66.

It is him!

50 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth +3 43 Enya – Orinoco Flow 38 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 37 Black Box – Ride On Time 33 Madonna — Like A Prayer 31 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 30 Tiffany – I Think We´re Alone Now +1 29 Pet Shop Boys - Heart 27 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up 26 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad Of The Streets EP) 26 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 25 Soul to Soul ft Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 25 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 24 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 23 Aswad – Don´t Turn Around 16 U2 – Desire 15 Marc Almond/Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart 10 Robin Beck - First Time 5 Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind Of Love -4 5 Jason Donovan – Sealed With A Kiss -2

HH Asquith died on this day 95 years ago, aged 75. - "HH" stood for "Herbert Henry". His childhood nickname was "Bertie", while his wife Margot called him by his middle name. - Asquith became an MP in 1886, losing his seat in the 1918 election (in which David Lloyd George's coalition party won in a landslide). He was re-elected in 1920, serving in Parliament until 1924. - Asquith was PM during World War I, and was shown to be a weak leader due to indecisiveness regarding wartime finance and conscripting troops. - Asquith was made a lord in 1925, wanting to be known as "Lord Oxford". The College of Arms insisted that he add 'and Asquith' to differentiate him from the Harley family's "Earl of Oxford and Mortimer". He disliked the quality of debates during his time in the House of Lords. - Asquith's health began to decline after a stroke in 1926, and he had two more the following year. He died two months after his final stroke. - Helena Bonham Carter is one of his great-grandchildren- Asquith's daughter Violet was her grandmother.

Alex Borstein, best known as the voice of Lois Griffin on Family Guy, is 52.

46 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place on Earth +4 39 Enya – Orinoco Flow 38 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 38 Madonna — Like a prayer 36 Black Box – Ride On Time 31 Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 29 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 28 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 27 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad Of The Streets EP) 26 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 26 Tiffany – I Think We´re Alone Now 25 Phil Collins — A Groovy Kind Of Love 24 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 24 Pet Shop Boys – Heart 23 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up 19 Marc Almond/Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart 18 U2 – Desire 18 Robin Beck – First Time 18 Aswad – Don´t Turn Around 14 Jason Donovan – Sealed With A Kiss 11 Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts -3 6 New Kids on the Block – You´ve Got It (The Right Stuff) 4 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially For You -3

Count Dietrich of Oldenburg died on this day 583 years ago, aged 41. - Dietrich was a German feudal lord who became the Count of Oldenburg in 1403 after the death of his father, Christian V. - Through his grandmother Ingeborg, he was descended from the kings of Sweden, and eventually became the heir to the throne due to the other living descendants of kings Valdemar I and Eric IV being considered illegitimate- his son Christian VII of Oldenburg became the country's king (Christian I) in 1457. - Dietrich was nicknamed "Fortunatus"- "The Lucky"- for acquiring the county of Delmenhorst for his branch of the family over other cadet branches. - Dietrich is the direct patrilineal ancestor of many of Europe's reigning and past monarchs. These include: Tsar Nicholas II (12x-great-grandfather), and Harald V of Norway, Margarethe II of Denmark, (the late) Constantine II of Greece and King Charles III (14x-great-grandfather- therefore Prince Philip was his direct 13x-great-grandson).

Freddie Highmore is 31.

38 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place on Earth +4 35 Madonna — Like A Prayer 34 Enya – Orinoco Flow 33 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 33 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 29 Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 28 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 28 Black Box – Ride On Time 25 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad Of The Streets EP) 24 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 24 Tiffany – I Think We´re Alone Now 24 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 21 Aswad – Don´t Turn Around 20 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart 20 Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind Of Love 20 Jason Donovan – Too Many Broken Hearts 20 Jason Donovan – Sealed With A Kiss 19 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up 18 U2 – Desire 18 Pet Shop Boys – Heart 18 Robin Beck – First Time 16 New Kids on the Block – You´ve Got It (The Right Stuff) 15 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially For You 15 Sonia – You´ll Never Stop Me From Loving You 14 Wet Wet Wet – With A Little Help From My Friends / Billy Bragg – She´s Leaving Home 9 Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for you -3 8 Bros – I Owe You Nothing -3 8 Whitney Houston – One Moment In Time

Waylon Jennings died on this day 21 years ago, aged 64. - Jennings was born as "Wayland Jennings"- his mother changed the spelling after a preacher congratulated his parents for naming him after Wayland Baptist University, and his family did not belong to that denomination. Jennings believed the new spelling to be too "corny and hillbilly", but was content with his name. - Buddy Holly helped Jennings get his start, and Jennings traded his seat on flight with The Big Bopper. After Holly jokingly hoped that Jennings' bus would freeze up, Jenning said "I hope your ol' plane crashes!"- that was the Day the Music Died. Jennings was haunted by his words for the rest of his life and he turned to substance abuse because of the guilt he felt. - Jennings was known for singing the theme to and being the narrator of The Dukes of Hazzard, but only physically appeared in one episode (as a guest star) in the show's final season. - Jennings dropped out of high school, but got his GED in 1997 to set a good example for his son Shooter (actual name Waylon Jr.). - Jennings died from Type 2 diabetes- his health took a severe turn in 2000, with him being unable to attend his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2001, and having his left foot amputated two months later.

Kim Novak is 90.

RIP. "Two Is a Magic Number" doesn't feel right.

32 Enya – Orinoco Flow 31 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth +2 30 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 29 Kylie Minogue – Hand on your heart 29 Madonna – Like a prayer +2 27 Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler – Back to life (However do you want me) 25 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The only way is up 24 Black Box – Ride on Time 23 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad of the streets EP) 23 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 22 Phil Collins – A groovy kind of love 22 Tiffany – I think we´re alone now 22 Lisa Stansfield – All around the world 21 Pet Shop Boys – Heart 21 Aswad – Don´t turn around 20 Kylie Minogue – I should be so lucky 20 Bros – I owe you nothing 20 Glenn Medeiros – Nothing´s gonna change my love for you 20 Jason Donovan – Too many broken hearts 20 Jason Donovan – Sealed with a kiss 20 Sonia – You´ll never stop me from loving you 19 Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & the Christians – Ferry `cross the Mersey 18 Robin Beck – First Time 17 Marc Almond and Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart 17 Wet Wet Wet – With a little help from my friends / Billy Bragg – She´s leaving home 17 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially for you 16 U2 – Desire 16 New Kids on the Block – You´ve got it (The right stuff) 15 Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and wine 10 Whitney Houston – One moment in time 8 - Fairground Attraction - Perfect 6 Time Lords – Doctorin’ the Tardis 2 Band Aid II – Do they know it´s Christmas? -4 0 Hollies – He ain`t heavy, he`s my brother -2

Lady Jane Grey- or "Queen Jane I"- died on this day 469 years ago, aged 17. - Jane was the great-niece of King Henry VIII, being the granddaughter of his sister Mary. - Jane received excellent education from a young age, learning Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and reading the works of Plato. - Jane was the chief mourner at Catherine Parr's funeral in 1548. - King Edward VI named Jane his successor to the throne likely due to wanting to keep the monarchy Protestant- his sister Mary I was a devout Catholic. - Jane was considered to be the Queen of England due to taking residence at the Tower of London, where monarchs lived between their accession and coronation. - Jane is often called the "Nine Days' Queen", but would have reigned for thirteen days if she were to be considered queen upon the moment of Edward VI's death. - Jane was deposed in a coup by supporters of Princess Mary. Parliament delegitimized her reign in September of 1553, calling her a usurper (despite her cousin lawfully declaring her his heir under the Third Succession Act of 1543). - Despite being found guilty of high treason and executed, the English ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire wrote to Emperor Charles V that Jane would be spared.

Tara Strong is 50.

29 Madonna — Like a prayer 28 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven is a place on earth +2 25 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad of the streets EP) 25 Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler – Back to life (However do you want me) 24 Black Box – Ride on Time 24 Kylie Minogue – Hand on your heart 24 Time Lords – Doctorin´ the Tardis 23 Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & the Christians – Ferry ´cross the Mersey 23 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 22 U2 – Desire 22 Tiffany – I think we´re alone now +2 21 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The only way is up 20 Kylie Minogue – I should be so lucky 20 Asward – Don´t turn around 20 Fairground Attraction – Perfect 20 Wet Wet Wet – With a little help from my friends / Billy Bragg – She´s leaving home 20 Bros – I owe you nothing 20 Glenn Medeiros – Nothing´s gonna change my love for you 20 Phil Collins – A groovy kind of love 20 Whitney Houston – One moment in time 20 Enya – Orinoco Flow 20 Robin Beck – First Time 20 Jason Donovan – Too many broken hearts 20 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 20 Jason Donovan – Sealed with a kiss 20 Sonia – You´ll never stop me from loving you 20 Lisa Stansfield – All around the world 18 Hollies – He aint`t heavy, he`s my brother 17 Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan – Especially for you 17 New Kids on the Block – You´ve got it (The right stuff) 17 Cliff Richard – Mistletoe and wine 15 Pet Shop Boys – Heart +1 15 Band Aid II – Do they know it´s Christmas? 9 Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something`s gotten hold of my heart 6 Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – Swing the Mood -3 6 Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers – That´s what I like -3

Elizabeth of York died on this day 520 years ago, aged 37. - In 1469, Elizabeth was betrothed to George Neville (when she was three years old)- George was then four years old. This arranged marriage was called off when George's uncle Richard rebelled against King Edward IV- Elizabeth's father. - King Henry VII chose to marry Elizabeth due to the need to weaken claims to the throne by other members of the House of York. - Elizabeth was known to donate so much money to charity that she went into debt several times. - Elizabeth was interested in architecture, and helped redesign Greenwich Palace in 1498. - Elizabeth was a gambler- she would do this alongside her husband. - Elizabeth had pet greyhounds. - Elizabeth died on her 37th birthday due to complications from childbirth.

Sheryl Crow is 61.