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Tito Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, 70 years ago, is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist and original member of The Jackson 5

 

Stanley Menzo was born in Paramaribo, Suriname 60 years ago, and played in the 90's World Cup for the Dutch national team, in 2022 he coached the national team of his home

country, as a player he played for Ajax and PSV

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Aleksandr Filimonov was born in Yoshkar-Ola 50 years ago, and played in the 2002 World Cup for Spartak Moscow, Dinamo Kiev and other clubs.

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Alex Nyarko was born 50 years ago in Accra, and competed in the 92 Olympics for Ghana, played for PSG, Monaco, Everton, Lens, Basel among other clubs

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Hussein Al-Sadiq was born 50 years ago, was a Saudi footballer and played in the 94 and 98 World Cups and the 96 Olympics

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Bruno Senna was born 40 years ago in São Paulo, nephew of Ayrton Senna, he was a driver in F1, GP2, GP3, Le Mans and Formula E

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Paulo Roberto Falcão was born in Abelardo Luz, Santa Catarina, he is considered one of the greatest midfielders in the history of the Brazilian team and world football, three-time Brazilian champion with Internacional, he also played for Roma, nicknamed the King of Rome, as a coach he trained the national team. Japan and Brazil in 90-91 during 17 games, played in the 72 Olympics and the 82 and 86 World Cups.Born 70 years ago

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Thomas Myhre was born 50 years ago in Sarpsborg, the Norwegian footballer played in the 98 cup and EURO 00

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DJ Khalil was born 50 years ago in Los Angeles and is a music producer from the United States. He has worked with Cypress Hill, Eminem, 50 Cent, among others

Loreen was born 40 years ago in Stockholm, representing her country, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 and 2023 with the songs "Euphoria" and "Tattoo", respectively, becoming the second person and the first woman to win the festival on two occasions, after Johnny Logan.

Caroline Garcia was born in Lyon 30 years ago and is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia is the current WTA Finals singles champion

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Daniel J. Evans is 98 today. 

 

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Sergio Goycochea was born in Zarate, the Argentine footballer for 60 years and gained prominence at the 1990 World Cup. Goycochea was the main player of the Argentine team in matches against Yugoslavia and Italy, valid for the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively , from that year's World Cup, played in Italy. He defended three penalties, one against Yugoslavia and two more against Italy, in the semi-finals

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Felicity Jones was born 40 years ago in Birmigham, played Jane Hawking in Theory of Everything was widely praised by critics and earned her nominations for the main awards of the film industry, including the Oscar for Best Actress

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Kenneth Omeruo was born 30 years ago in Kaduna, and a Nigerian footballer, played for Chelsea, Middlesbrough, Lever's and other teams, he played in the 2014 and 2018 World Cups

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Vincent Poirier was born in Clarmart, the Frenchman won the silver medal in the 2020 Olympics in basketball and has passed through Boston Celtics in the NBA

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Steve McMichael is 66 today. 

 

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Actor, writer, singer, composer, etc. etc. Michael McKean is 76 today.

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His first major role was in the 70s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, as neighbour Lenny Kosnowski, with his friend Squiggy, played by David Lander, characters they had devised while at University. He achieved lasting cult status with his portrayal of David St. Hubbins in the film This is Spinal Tap. More recently he was seen as Chuck McGill, the reclusive brother of the eponymous Saul Goodman, in Better Call Saul, for which he received an Emmy nomination.

 

Musically, he was briefly a member of The Left Banke, and recorded an album as Lennny and the Squigtones (featuring Nigel Tufnel). He received a Grammy for his composition A Mighty Wind, composed for the film of the same name, and also an Academy Award nomination for A KIss at the End of the Rainbow, from the same film.

 

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Yang You, Chinese scientist, CAS member, former president of Sanda University, politician and one of drol's immortals listers is 106 today.

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Composer Howard Shore is 77 today.

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Toronto-born, he learnt a multitude of instruments as a child, and studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He met Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels at summer camp at age 13, which lead to his involvement in SNL, including writing the original opening theme as well as the closing theme. he's also credited with the name "The Blues Brothers" for Aykroyd & Belushi.

 

He's the winner of three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, four Grammys and a plethora of other awards (though never a BAFTA, despite 6 nominations).

 

Into the West, the closing theme to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe.

 

 

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Mike Ditka is 84 today.

 

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Valdivia was born 40 years ago in Maracay (Venezuela), he is a former footballer born in Venezuela, but who played for Chile, playing in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and champion of the 2015 Copa América, well known in Brazil for his time at Palmeiras ,in Europe he quickly passed through Rayo Vallecano and Servette in 2004

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Vladimir Gabulov was born 40 years ago in Mozdok, now Russia, he played in the 2018 World Cup and played for Dinamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow(where he was UEFA Cup champion in 2004-05)

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Pierre Alechinsky is 96 today. 

 

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James C. Floyd is 109 today! 
 

Been on my long list since I joined the forum in 2008. :rolleyes:

EDIT: Just realised that he became the oldest man in Canada in August!

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"Queen of Rockabilly" Wanda Jackson is 86 today. Minimal success in the UK charts, her biggest hit being her cover of Let's Have a Party (number 32, 1960). More success on the continent with her German language recordings, as were popular at the time, especially Santo Domingo, which reached number 1 in Austria and also charted in Germany & Belgium.

 

 

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Nikos Tisantakis was born in Athenas 60 years, he played in the 1994 World Cup

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Stan Valckx was born 60 years ago in Arcen, and played in the 1994 World Cup, played for VVV Venlo, PSV and Sporting (POR)

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Rodrigo Faro was born in São Paulo 50 years ago, since 2014 has been presenting the time of Faro on Sundays, at the age of 19 joined the musical group Domino, as an actor made several soap operas and some films

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Alona such was born 40 years ago in Herzliya, the Israeli actress is known by the character Meg Manning of the series "Veronica Mars" and the character Jo Harvelle of the Supernatural series

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Michel Vorm was born 40 years ago in Nieuwegein and played in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups for the low -country selection in England acted for Swansea and Tottenham

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Luis Saritama was born in a store for 40 years, and played in the 2006 Cups, and 2014 for Ecuador

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Casimiro was born in Rio de Janeiro 30 years ago, known as Cazé, is a presenter, sports commentator, digital influencer, humorist, youtuber and Brazilian streamer. In addition to making content for the internet on your Twitch and Youtube channels, it is one of the owners of Cazétv. It is pointed out as one of the largest streamers in Brazil.

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Barrie Chase is 90 today. 

 

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Doja Cat is 28 (and has therefore escaped The 27 Club).

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Driss Guiga, Tunisian politician (Bourguiba Minister of Health, Education and Interior) and another one of drol's immortals is 99 today.

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Benjamin Netanyahu is 74 today. 

 

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