ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Diva Diana Ross (pictured) turns 81 today while Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith and a former American Idol judge, turns 77. Actress Kiera Knightly turns 40, musician Jay Sean turns 44 and Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey turns 65.
More birthdays today… Vicki Lawrence, of The Carol Burnett Show, turns 76, Grey’s Anatomy star T K Knight turns 42, and actor Alan Arkin was born on this day in 1934 (he died at his home in San Marcos, California, on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89. His death was attributed to heart problems).
The hit musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand, opened on this day in 1964 at New York’s Winter Garden Theatre and enjoyed 1 348 performances.
On the classical music scene, this day in 1827 marked the death of Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in 1770.
On this day in 1977, Smile by Dutch group Pussycat rose to the top of the Springbok Radio chart, where it remained for two weeks. Just saying…
.....SoSuterBill..... 