Who Knew That Was Today

Birthdays :   1966  ~ Mike Tyson (né Michael Gerard Tyson), African-American professional boxer.  He was born in Brooklyn, New York.   1963  ~ Rupert Graves (né Rupert Simon Graves), British actor.  He portrayed Gary in the third season of  Last Tango in Halifax .   1959  ~ Vincent D’Onofrio (né Vincent Philip D’Onofrio), American actor best known for his role as Detective Robert Goren on  CSI: Criminal Intent .  He was born in New York, New York.   1956  ~ David Alan Grier, African-American actor and comedian.  He was born in Detroit, Michigan.   1952  ~ Athanassios Fokas (né Athanassios Spyridon Fokas), Greek mathematician.  He was born in Cefalonia, Greece.   1950  ~ Leonard Whiting, English actor best known for his role as Romeo in the 1968 movie,  Romeo and Juliette .  He was born in London, England.   1947  ~ Barry Bremen (d. June 30, 2011), American known as  The Great Imposter  who made it into the big leagues.  He was a businessman who bluffed his way into being an umpire at m

Birthdays :   1982  ~ Colin Jost (né Colin Kelly Jost), American comedian.  He was born in New York, New York.   1972  ~ Samantha Smith (née Samantha Reed Smith; d. Aug. 25, 1985), American peace activist from Houlton, Maine.  In 1982, she wrote a letter to Russian General Secretary Yuri Andropov and received a personal reply and an invitation to visit the Soviet Union.  She was born in Houlton, Maine.  She was killed in a small private plane crash at age 13 in Auburn, Maine.   1961  ~ Sharon Lawrence (née Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence), American actress.  She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.   1949  ~ Ann Veneman (née Ann Margaret Veneman), 27 th  United States Secretary of Agriculture.  She served under President George W. Bush from January 2001 through January 2005.  She was born in Modesto, California.   1948  ~ Fred Grandy (né Frederick Lawrence Grandy), American actor and politician.  He is best known for his portrayal of Gopher on the  Love Boat .  He later went on to become a

Birthdays :   1994  ~ Hussein bin Abdullah, Crown Prince of Jordan.  In 2023, he married Rajwa Al Saif (b. 1994).  He is of the House of Hashemite.  He is the son of Abdullah II, King of Jordon and Rania Al-Yassin.  He was born in Amman, Jordan.   1972  ~ Ngô Bào Châu, Vietnamese mathematician.  He was the recipient of the 2010 Fields Medal.  He was born in Hanoi, Vietnam.   1971  ~ Elon Musk (né Elon Reeve Musk), South-African born businessman.  He is the CEO of Space X.  He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.   1966  ~ John Cusack (né John Paul Cusack), American actor.  He was born in Evanston, Illinois.   1966  ~ Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress.  She was born in Manhattan, New York.   1957  ~ Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria.  He was president from January 2002 through January 2012.  He was born in Sirishtnik, Bulgaria.   1948  ~ Kathy Bates (née Kathleen Doyle Bates), American actress.  She was born in Memphis, Tennessee.   1948  ~ Deborah Moggach (née Deborah Hough),