BIRTHDAYS

Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and inventor of the Celsius scale (1701–1744); Chaim Weizmann, Zionist statesman and chemist, first president of Israel (1874–1952); Alexander Dubcek, First Secretary of Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party, (1921–1992); Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American actor and martial artist (1940–1973); Jimi Hendrix, US musician (1942–1970); Kathryn Bigelow, US film director (1951–); Robin Givens, US actress (1964–); Michael Vartan, French-American actor (1968–); Troy Corser, Australian motorcyclist (1971–); Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer (1986–).