Today's Birthdays
Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include:
Cardinal-duc de Richelieu in 1585;
British Capt. William Bligh in 1754;
writer Leo Tolstoy in 1828;
entrepreneur Harland Sanders in 1890;
musician Otis Redding in 1941;
Football Hall of Fame member Joe Theismann in 1949 (age 76);
musician John McFee (Doobie Brothers) in 1950 (age 75);
actor/musician Tom Wopat in 1951 (age 74);
musician Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) in 1952 (age 73);
actor Angela Cartwright in 1952 (age 73);
actor Hugh Grant in 1960 (age 65);
actor Constance Marie in 1965 (age 60);
actor Charles Esten in 1965 (age 60);
actor Adam Sandler in 1966 (age 59);
actor Rachel Hunter in 1969 (age 56);
actor Henry Thomas in 1971 (age 54);
actor Eric Stonestreet in 1971 (age 54);
actor Goran Visnjic in 1972 (age 53);
musician Michael Bublé in 1975 (age 50);
actor Michelle Williams in 1980 (age 45);
actor Timothy Granaderos in 1986 (age 39);
actor Sarah Baker in 1990 (age 35);
musician Lauren Daigle in 1991 (age 34);
musician Hunter Hayes in 1991 (age 34);
actor Kelsey Asbille Chow in 1991 (age 34).
Twelve.
No Michelle Williams or Angela Cartwright??
No. Cartwright emerged too early and for too brief a time to really enter my consciousness. I loved "The Sound of Music" as a kid, but apparently not enough to absorb the names of cast members. My memories of "Lost in Space" trigger a negative emotional response. I think the entire premise spooked me.
I think Michelle Williams suffers similarly in my mind. Most of her work has been of zero interest to me, with the exception of "The Greatest Showman" and that film greatly disappointed me. So, yeah, I recognized the face when I looked her up, and now she'll probably stick in my mind. But no, I couldn't reliably put a face to the name earlier.
