Today’s birthdays:
Herbert Ernest Hart, New Zealand military leader/ public administrator (18821968); Henry Dewar, All Black (18831915); Ben Waters, New Zealand rower (190762); Cecil Matthews, New Zealand distance runner (191487); Heni Materoa Sunderland, New Zealand community leader (19162001); Edith Farkas, Antarctic researcher (192193); George Gair, New Zealand politician (19262015); Geoff Murphy, New Zealand filmmaker (19382018); MacDonald P. Jackson, New Zealand scholar (1938); Melinda Dillon, US actress (1939); Paul Simon, US musician (1941); Beverly Johnson, US model/actress (1952); Marie Osmond, US singer (1959); Jon Stevens, New Zealand singer (1962); Kelly Preston, US actress (19622020); Kate Walsh, US actress (1967); Tisha CampbellMartin, US actress/singer (1968); Nancy Kerrigan, former US figureskater (1969); Paul Potts, English tenor (1970); Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian (1971); Kiele Sanchez, US actress (1976); Ashanti, US singer/ songwriter/actress (1980).