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Ngina ‘Mama’ Kenyatta, who was the first First Lady of Kenya from 1964 to 1978, as the wife of first President Jomo Kenyatta, is 90 today. She seems in excellent shape, according to this video published 2 months ago where she talks about political situation in Kenya. She is also the mother of former President (from 2013 to 2022) Uhuru Kenyatta. Jomo Kenyatta first wife, Grace Wahu, died aged 110 !

Steve, how do you « cite » users names in « bold » like that ? I was wondering Armen Sarkissian, the former President of Armenia from 2018 to 2022, is 70 today.

Who is the other one ? Is he/she still alive ?

« Akin » and « albeit ». I rarely hear or read those words, but every time I do, I find them very weird and always look it up to know what that means. Especially « albeit », I always wonder if it’s not a German word ! But English is not my native language, so maybe that’s why…

American singer Cindy Lauper is 70 today.

On this day 30 years ago, Patricia Nixon, First Lady of USA between 1969 and 1974, died aged 81. She died before her husband Richard Nixon, who died in April 1994. This had not occurred in nearly 50 years, since 1944, when former First Lady Lou Henry Hoover died 20 years before her husband, former president Herbert Hoover. She was also the fifth and last First Lady to be older than her husband.

Slacker !

Was he in Brazil’s squad for the 1998 World Cup ? I remember him scoring against Costa Rica in 2002 (his only goal with Brazil), but I don’t recall his presence in 1998 ??

I mostly remember his role in Friends, where he plays Mr Waltham, Rachel’s superior and Emily’s uncle, appearing in 2 episodes.

Isabel Da Costa Ferreira, former First Lady of East Timor from 2012 to 2017 has died aged 49 from cancer. Her husband, former president Taur Matan Ruak, is currently Prime Minister.

Too bad nobody picked Al Pacino and Robert De Niro !

Alfredo Rojas, who was part of Argentina’s squads for 1958 and 1966 World Cups is dead aged 86. He only played one match in 1958 and was an unused substitute in 1966. Update of the 1958 WC list 1958 – 20 survivors - Definitely all dead: West Germany, Scotland, Yugoslavia Northern Ireland No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 11.......4FW.....Peter McParland...........(1934-04-25)25 April 1934 (aged 24) Czechoslovakia No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 2.........2DF.......Gustav Mráz.................(1934-09-11)11 September 1934 (aged 23) Argentina No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 15......2DF.......David Acevedo..............(1937-02-20)20 February 1937 (aged 21) 21......4FW......José Sanfilippo..............(1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 23) France No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 7........2DF.......Robert Mouynet.............(1930-03-25)25 March 1930 (aged 28) 8........3MF.......Bernard Chiarelli............(1934-02-24)24 February 1934 (aged 24) Paraguay No.......Pos.......Player.......................................DoB/Age 13.......2DF.......Luis Gini......................................(1935-10-31)31 October 1935 (aged 22) 120.......4FW......José Raúl Aveiro..........................(1936-07-18)18 July 1936 (aged 21) Sweden No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 22.......4FW....Ove Olsson....................(1938-08-19)19 August 1938 (aged 19) Wales No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 11.......4FW......Cliff Jones....................(1935-02-07)7 February 1935 (aged 23) Hungary No.......Pos.......Player...........................DoB/Age 17.......4FW.....Mihály Vasas.................1933 Mexico No.......Pos.......Player..................................DoB/Age 10.......4FW....Crescencio Gutiérrez............(1933-10-26)26 October 1933 (aged 24) Brazil No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age 5.........3MF.....Dino Sani...................................(1932-05-23)23 May 1932 (aged 26) 13.......3MF.....Moacir.........................................(1936-05-18)18 May 1936 (aged 22) 18.......4FW....Mazzola.......................................(1938-07-24)24 July 1938 (aged 19) 22.......4FW....Pepe............................................(1935-02-25)25 February 1935 (aged 23) Soviet Union No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age 9.........4FW......Nikita Simonyan (captain)........(1926-10-12)12 October 1926 (aged 31) England No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age 1.........1GK......Colin McDonald.......................(1930-10-15)15 October 1930 (aged 27) 28) 7.........4FW......Bryan Douglas........................(1934-05-27)27 May 1934 (aged 24) Austria No.......Pos.......Player......................................DoB/Age 9.........4FW.....Hans Buzek..............................(1938-05-22)22 May 1938 (aged 20)

He was also Prime Minister from 2001 to 2005, making him one of the two only royals to have been elected for a political office. The other one being Napoléon III, who was first the first President of France from 1848 to 1852, then Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870.

He has the shortest post presidency life, with 103 days. Excluding, of course, the presidents who died in office

Gordon McQueen, unused substitute for Scotland at 1974 and 1978 World Cup, has died aged 70. At club level he notably played for Leeds and Manchester United.

To be more accurate, he is the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are two countries called Congo : the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose capital is Kinshasa, and the Republic of Congo, whose capital is Brazzaville. The two countries are neighbors and their capitals are only distant by 4,7 kilometers !

His father was Henry II, king of England from 1154 to 1189. His brothers were kings : Richard I « Lionheart » from 1189 to 1199 and John « Lackland » from 1199 to 1216

He also scored 3 times in the 1999 Confederations Cup, which Mexico hosted, including one goal in the final.Mexico defeated Brazil to win the competition.

American Actor Johnny Depp is 60 today.

West Ham won the Europa League Conference ! Any Hammers fans here ?

I wonder if Geoff Hurst* will attend West Ham final tonight ? It’s in Prague and I don’t know if he’s in a good shape to come. *I don’t know if he has his own thread, I couldn’t find any.

On this day 10 years ago, former French Prime Minister (from 1981 to 1984) Pierre Mauroy died aged 85.

By the way, I was wondering if Gündogan’s goal on FA Cup final is really the fastest ever, or the fastest since 1993 ?

Former Ivorian football players Emmanuel Eboué and Romaric are both 40 today. They were teammates at Ivory Coast National Team and ASEC Mimosas. They both played the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Romaric is on the left, Eboué in the right. The man on the middle is Baky Koné, their former teamate at ASEC Mimosas and Ivory Coast national team

Il est mort exactement au même âge (36 ans) que Michel Petrucciani, qui avait la même maladie. He died at the exact same age (36) than Michel Petrucciani, who had the same disease