ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Actor Vin Diesel (pictured) turns 58 today while actress Kristen Bell turns 45 and singer MIA (remember Paper Planes?) turns 50. Actor Chase Crawford, of TV’s Gossip Girl, turns 40 today.
Actress and 2000 Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, turns 43 today, while Richard Branson turns 75 and James Brolin, actor husband of Barbra Streisand, turns 85. Singer Martha Reeves (of Martha and The Vandellas) turns 84 today.
Nelson Mandela was also born on this day in 1918. He died in 2013, aged 95.
American comedian Bob Newhart died on this day in 2024, aged 94. The Chicago legend – noted for his droll, deadpan humour – was a former accountant who became an overnight sensation with the release of a 1960 live comedy album, then starred in the hit sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.
Singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown wed on this day in 1992. She was 28 and he was 23. Still talking music… the Billy Joel album, Glass Houses, topped the chart on this day in 1980.
The Ricky Martin hip-swiveller, Livin’ La Vida Loca, was topping the UK singles chart on this day in 1999. It spent three weeks crowning the chart. Just saying…
.....SoSuterBill..... 