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Joan Severance, the attractive American actress who was a notable supermodel in the 1980s; appearing in ads, landing in the pages of Vogue, and scoring fashion campaigns for Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Maybelline, Revlon, and Versace; is 64 today.

 

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Silvia Renate Sommerlath, the admirable Queen consort of the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father and a Brazilian mother; and met her future husband in 1972 at the Summer Olympics in Munich, is 79 today.

 

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American actress Susan Lucci,  best known for starring in US soap All my Children for  over 40 years- its entire television network run, celebrates her 76th birthday today. 

 

Also starred as  vengeful villian Hillary Taylor in the final season of Dallas in 1990/1991 and latterly in tv series Devious Maids.:birthday:

 

 

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British musician Harry Judd,  a member of british band McFly,  celebrates turning 37 today. :birthday:

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Sharon Farrell, American film and television actress who made her acting debut at age 18 in the 1959 drama film "Kiss Her Goodbye", and probably remembered for her role as Florence Webster on the CBS daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless", is 82 today.

At age 23, Farrell suffered an embolism after the birth of her son, which caused her to lose her memory. Sharon Farrell kept her illness a secret and worked to regain her memory.

After extensive sessions of re-learning, Sharon Farrell returned to acting in the early 1970s.

 

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Nicholas Meyer, American author, director, producer and screenwriter, widely known for his successful novel "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", and for directing the films "Time After Time" (1979), "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "The Deceivers" (1988), "Company Business" (1991), and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), is 77 today.

"The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" related the collaboration of Sigmund Freud and Sherlock Holmes in the solution of a mystery.

 

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Puerto Rican singer and actor Ricky Martin celebrates his 51st birthday today. :birthday:

 

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British singer Louis Tomlinson, a previous member of hugely successful boyband One Direction, celebrates turning 31 today.:birthday:

 

 

 

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Former US attorney general under President Trump, Jeff Sessions , celebrates his 76th birthday today. 

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Shane MacGowan, #50 on the list, is 65.

 

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HRH Princess Alexandra,  working member of the British Royal family for over sixty years , cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth ll, daughter of the previous Duke of Kent and sister of the current Duke of Kent and Prince Michael of Kent,  celebrates her 86th birthday today. :birthday:

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Ingrid Betancourt, French-Colombian politician who was running for President when she was kidnapped, in 2002, by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and spent six and a half years in captivity, is 61 today.

Before her capture, one of the highest-profile captives during the country's 52-year conflict with the FARC, Ingrid Betancourt was a notable voice of hope for the Colombian people, leading a fight against political corruption.

In 2008, Betancourt and 14 other FARC hostages were rescued by the Colombian security forces in "Operation Jaque", having spent a total of 2321 days in captivity.

 

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Sissy Spacek, the exceptional American actress, one of the most respected actresses of her generation and a personal favourite of mine, who won a Golden Globe Award and the Oscar for her notable performance as Loretta Lynn in the biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter", is 73 today.

 

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Thomas Linke, the noted German professional footballer who played as a central defender in 13 Bundesliga seasons, 249 competitive matches for his most successful team, FC Bayern Munich, and 43 for his national team; is 53 today.

 

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John Lynch, the excellent Irish actor and novelist, his first novel was "Torn Water", and his second, "Falling Out of Heaven"; who was born of an Irish father and an Italian mother in Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, is 61 today.

 

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West Indies batsman Rohan Kanhai is 87 today

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Initially a wicketkeeper, he became famous as a batsman scoring over 6000 runs in 79 tests over 18 seasons, and 194 runs in 7 ODIs, the last of them being the inaugural one-day world cup final when at age 40, he scored 55, helping the West Indies recover form 50-3 to win the match by 17 runs.

There is a Wetherspoons pub in Ashington (where he played league cricket) named after him, and Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar named his son Rohan in his honour.

 

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Andy Biersack is 32 today

 

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Oscar nominated american actor Timothee Chalamet celebrates his 27th birthday today. 

Best known films include  Call me by your name, Dune, Interstellar,  A rainy day in New York and  Wonk (2023).

He is also known for his edgy,daring and  unusual fashion choices!:birthday:

 

 

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Gérard Depardieu, the famous and notable French actor, one of the best French actors of all time, who began acting at a young age and has racked up an impressive number of films in four different languages, is 74 today.

 

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Larisa Latýnina, the exceptional Ukrainian artistic gymnast, one of the most decorated athletes worldwide, winner of 14 individual Olympic medals, and 4 team medals, including 9 golds, over 3 different Olympics between 1956 and 1964, is 88 today.

Her medal total was surpassed only, after 48 years, by Michael Phelps in 2012.

 

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Harry Goaz better known as Deputy Andy Brennan in Twin Peaks is 62 today

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Joe Manganiello, the attractive American actor who began his professional film career in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man", and best known for his role as the werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the HBO series "True Blood", is 46 today.

 

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Adam Peaty, the admired British professional swimmer, breaststroke specialist, one of the world's greatest swimmers, who is a 16-times European Champion and 8-times World Champion, and the first British athlete to win an Olympic swimming gold medal since Adrian Moorhouse, is 28 today.

 

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Tim Johnson, the American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1997 to 2015, is 76 today.

 

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