Who Knew That Was Today

World No Tobacco Day   Birthdays :   1965  ~ Brooke Shields (née Brooke Christa Shields), American model and actress.  She was born in Manhattan, New York.   1961  ~ Lea Thompson (née Lea Katherine Thompson), American actress.  She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the  Back to the Future  movie trilogy.  She was born in Rochester, Minnesota.   1960  ~ Chris Elliot (né Christopher Nash Elliot), American actor and comedian.  He was born in New York, New York.   1955  ~ Susie Essman (née Susan Essman), American actress and comedian.  She is best known for her role as Susie Green on  Curb Your Enthusiasm .  She was born in The Bronx, New York.   1955  ~ Lynne Truss, British journalist and author, best known for her grammar book,  Eats, Shoots & Leaves .   1948  ~ Svetlana Alexievich, Ukrainian journalist and author.  She was the recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.   1945  ~ Rainer Werner Fassbinder (b. June 10, 1982), German actor and director.  He died of

Birthdays :   1974  ~ CeeLo Green (né Thomas DeCarlo Callaway), African-American singer-songwriter.  He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.   1971  ~ Idina Menzel (né Idina Kim Mentzel), American actress and singer.  She was born in New York, New York.   1958  ~ Ted McGinley (né Theodore Martin McGinley), American actor best known for his role as Jefferson D’Arcy on  Married with Children .  He was born in Newport Beach, California.   1955  ~ Jonathan Idema (né Jonathan Keith Idema; d. Jan. 21, 2012), American con man who ran a torture chamber.  He was a former United States army special reserve operations non-commissioned officer.  He was convicted of running a private prison in Afghanistan and tortured civilians he claimed to be terrorists.  He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.  He died of AIDS at age 55 in Bacalar, Mexico.   1951  ~ Stephen Tobolowsky (né Stephen Harold Tobolowsky), American actor and director.  He was born in Dallas, Texas.   1945  ~ Gladys Horton (née Gladys Catherine

Birthdays :   1959  ~ Rupert Everett (né Rupert James Hector Everett), British actor.  He was born in Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, England.   1958  ~ Annette Bening (née Annette Carol Bening), American actress.  She was born in Topeka, Kansas.   1941  ~ Bob Simon (né Robert David Simon; d. Feb. 11, 2015), American television foreign correspondent who was it all.  He was killed at age 73 from head injuries sustained when the taxicab he was traveling in crashed.  He was born and died in New York, New York.   1939  ~ Al Unser (né Alfred Unser; d. Dec. 9, 2021), American Indy 500 champ who brought glory to a racing dynasty.  His brother and son also raced in the Indy 500.  He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He died of cancer at age 82 in Chama, New Mexico.   1938  ~ Fay Vincent (né Francis Thomas Vincent, Jr.), 8 th  Commissioner of Baseball.  He served as Commissioner from September 1989 until September 1992.  He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.   1934  ~ Robert Laughlin (né Robert