Monday, July 10, 2006
10th July. Happy birthday.
Today I am cheating.... I am wishing a happy birthday to a collection of famous (or not so famous) folk - all of whom are younger than me.
I just looked up this day, 10th July, on Wikipedia.
What an excellent information website this is - and incredibly up to date.
I looked up Zidane (the French footballer) this evening and it said he was a retired French footballer.
In fact less than 24 hours ago he was still playing for his country and expecting to play until the end of the match and then retire.
Wikipedia has an account of his foolish last move on the football field.
So - whatever you need to know, then try Wikipedia.
The list of birthday people includes quite a lot of sports people.
I recognise most of those.
How many can you claim to know about?
I can really only claim to know much about 7 on this list. Some have names I vaguely recognise. The rest are a closed book to me.
1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator
1945 - Virginia Wade, British tennis player
1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress
1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician
1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician
1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician
1959 - Janet Julian, American actress
1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
1969 - Gale Harold, American actor
1970 - Ed Chapman, British artist
1970 - Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer
1970 - John Simm, British actor
1972 - Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
1976 - Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
1978 - Jesse Lacey, American singer
1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
1980 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
1982 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
1984 - Mark Gonzalez, Chilean footballer
I just looked up this day, 10th July, on Wikipedia.
What an excellent information website this is - and incredibly up to date.
I looked up Zidane (the French footballer) this evening and it said he was a retired French footballer.
In fact less than 24 hours ago he was still playing for his country and expecting to play until the end of the match and then retire.
Wikipedia has an account of his foolish last move on the football field.
So - whatever you need to know, then try Wikipedia.
The list of birthday people includes quite a lot of sports people.
I recognise most of those.
How many can you claim to know about?
I can really only claim to know much about 7 on this list. Some have names I vaguely recognise. The rest are a closed book to me.
1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator
1945 - Virginia Wade, British tennis player
1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress
1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician
1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer
1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter
1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician
1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician
1959 - Janet Julian, American actress
1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete
1969 - Gale Harold, American actor
1970 - Ed Chapman, British artist
1970 - Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer
1970 - John Simm, British actor
1972 - Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress
1976 - Ludovic Giuly, French footballer
1978 - Jesse Lacey, American singer
1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor
1980 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer
1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
1982 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
1984 - Mark Gonzalez, Chilean footballer
