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Singer and songwriter Eddie Floyd is 86 today. Known for his association with Stax, and collaborations with Steve "The Colonel" Cropper.

 

His best known song is Knock On Wood, co-written with Cropper,  released in 1966, reaching number 19 in the UK chart the following year; a cover by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas reached number 35 later that year. David Bowie reached number 10 in 1974 with a live version, but the greatest chart success was achieved by Amii Stewart, who reached number 6 in 1979 and number 7 in 1985 with a remixed version.

 

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Linda Cardellini the American actress is 48 today. She shot to fame in the tv series ER and has gone on to star in other tv series like Bloodline and Dead To Me plus a whole variety of films including Scooby-Doo and the Avengers franchise.

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Carly Simon is 80 today.

 

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is 51 today.

 

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Foppe de Haan was born 80 years ago in Lippenhuizen, Netherlands, he was coach of the Netherlands national team in the 1998 Olympics, as a player he played at Heerenveen and trained there too, as an interim, he coached the Tuvalu national team also in 2011

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Gretchen Wilson was born in Pocahontas, Illinois, 50 years ago, the former Grammy Award-winning singer

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Alhassane Keita is a footballer born in Guinea in the city of Conakry, 40 years ago, he played for Mallorca between 2008-2010

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Ariana Grande turns 30, was born in Boca Raton and is a singer, In 2018, Billboard named her "Woman of the Year"

Duam Socci is a Brazilian actor born in Rio de Janeiro 30 years ago, he worked in soap operas such as Malhação and Pantanal

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Haby Niaré is a French taekwondo player, Olympic medalist, (silver in 2016),she turns 30

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Georgie Fame is 80 today

 

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Yoshiro Nakamatsu is 95 today.

 

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Tobey Maguire (of the 2000s Spider-Man trilogy fame) is 48.

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Camila Queiroz is a Brazilian actress and model born in Ribeirão Preto. She is best known for her roles as Angel in Verdades Secretas, Mafalda in Êta Mundo Bom! and the villain Vanessa in Verão 90, currently in the soap opera Amor Perfeito, she won several national television awards

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Chandler Riggs was born in Atlanta 24 years ago, famous for his role as "Carl Grimes" on the American television series The Walking Dead, where he played the son of Rick Grimes with Lori Grimes

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Khloe Kardashian is 39 today.

 

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5 hours ago, diego said:

Chandler Riggs was born in Atlanta 24 years ago

That’s the first time I hear of someone named Chandler apart from Friends ! And Chandler Riggs is somewhat close to Chandler Bing !

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Mel Brooks is 97.

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May the Schwartz be with him on his special day.

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The Honourable Sarah Jill Ward is 72 today. More famously known as Lalla Ward, who played the second incarnation of Romana alongside future spouse Tom Baker in Doctor Who (the role lasted longer than the marriage). Her second husband was author Richard Dawkins, to whom she was married for 24 years.

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Her great-grandmother was Irish artist/illustrator Mary Ward, who is the first person to be documents as having died in a motor vehicle accident (1869).

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Hans Blix is 95 today.

 

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Elon Musk is 52 today.

 

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Colin Hay is a musician born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland for 70 years

 

Kento Masuda is a conductor composer for the Vatican, born 50 years ago in Katori, Japan

 

Sua estréia nos EUA foi em Virginia Indie, dirigido pelo roteirista Dustin Lance Black Milk, e estrelado por Jennifer Connelly e Ed Harris. Ele ganhou a 2010 AFI Prêmio Jovem Ator por sua performance como Frank Tiffin em Beneath Hill 60

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Jude Bellingham is a footballer, born 20 years ago in Stourbridge (ENG), currently plays for Real Madrid, has played for Borussia Dortmund (GER) and Birmigham (ENG)

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Ian Paice, drummer, is 75 today. He began playing professionally in his teens, and has been Deep Purple's drummer since their founding. He's the only original member still playing for them, and the only member to play in every line-up. Additionally, he's played alongside/with all the musical greats over the past half century, and William Shatner.

 

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Giorgio Napolitano is 98 today.

 

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Murray Cook, the original red Wiggle, is 63.

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Former Warwickshire and England cricket captain MJK Smith is 90 today. He played in 9 Ashes matches in total winning 2, losing 2 and drawing the reminder. He was captain for the 1965-66 MCC tour of Australia, which finished 1-1. He didn't fare too well as a batsman against Australia, totalling 248 runs at an average of 19.07, with a highest score of 41.

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Yngwie Malmsteen born in Stockholm 60 years ago is a musician, Influenced by the baroque music of Bach and Vivaldi, Malmsteen is known for being one of the forerunners of the so-called neoclassical metal, which involves heavy metal with elements of classical music

Olga Bryzgina is a former Soviet athlete born in Krasnokamsk 60 years ago, multiple Olympic and world champion in the 400 meters dash. At the Olympic Games, she was champion representing the Soviet Union (1988) in the 400m dash and 4cx400m and the Unified Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States (1992) (4x400m, in the 400m dash she was silver)

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Pedro Pichardo is a Cuban athlete from Santiago de Cuba born 30 years ago, specialist in triple jump. With Cuban nationality, he won two silver medals at the World Athletics Championships, and a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships. With Portuguese nationality, he won the European Indoor Championships, and became Olympic Champion at the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020.

He currently holds the record in Cuba with the mark of 18.08 m and the record in Portugal with the mark of 17.98 m.
Has several titles in international competitions

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On 25/06/2023 at 08:39, John "요한" Sulu said:

American civil rights activist James Meredith, who was the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi, is 90 today.

 

Photo credit: Darrell Blakely pre Creative Commons license

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He actually suffered a fall at his birthday party, seems okay though:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/civil-rights-giant-james-meredith-suffers-fall-at-90th-birthday-party

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Mike Tyson is 57 today.

 

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Michael Phelps is 38 today.

 

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