Who Knew That Was Today

Birthdays :   1986  ~ Lady Gaga, (née Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), American singer and musician.  She was born in New York, New York.   1981  ~ Julia Stiles (née Julia O’Hara Stiles), American actress.  She was born in New York, New York.   1977  ~ Lauren Weisberger, American novelist.  She is best known for her novel  The Devil Wears Prada .  She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.   1973  ~ Bonnie McFarlane, Canadian comedian.  She was born in Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada.   1970  ~ Vince Vaughn (né Vince Anthony Vaughn), American actor.  He was born in Minneapolis, Missouri.   1968  ~ Max Perlich, American actor.  He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.   1955  ~ Reba McEntire (née Reba Nell McEntire), American singer-songwriter.  She was born in McAlester, Oklahoma.   1948  ~ Dianne Wiest (née Dianne Evelyn Wiest), America...

Birthdays :   1963  ~ Quentin Tarantino (né Quentin Jerome Tarantino), American film director.  He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.   1952  ~ Maria Schneider (née Maria-Hélène Schneider; d. Feb. 3, 2011), French actress best known for her role in  The Last Tango in Paris .  She was the vulnerable actress who tangoed with Marlon Brando.  She was born and died in Paris, France.  She died of breast cancer at age 58.   1944  ~ Jesse Brown (d. Aug. 15, 2002), 2 nd  United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.  He served under Bill Clinton from January 1993 until July 1997.  He was born in Detroit, Michigan.  He died of Lou Gehrig’s disease at age 58 in Warrenton, Virginia.   1942  ~ Sir John Sulston (né John Edward Sulston; d. Mar. 6, 2018), British chemist and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  He died of stomach cancer 21 days be...