Today’s birthdays:
Henry Williams, New Zealand missionary (17921867); John Grimes, first Roman Catholic bishop of Christchurch (18421915); Isaac Richards, New Zealand Anglican bishop (18591936); Arthur Hadfield Fisher, New Zealand cricketer/ businessman (18711961); Fred Evans, New Zealand trade unionist (18811912); Mary King, New Zealand educationalist/businesswoman/political activist (18841967); Arthur Gordon Butchers, New Zealand educationalist/ historian (18851960); Sir David Smith, New Zealand lawyer/judge/educationalist (18881982); Lawson Lysnar Copland Field, New Zealand farmer/aerialtop-dressing operator (18961981); Sir Keith Holyoake, New Zealand prime minister and governorgeneral (190483); Stanley Cawtheray, New Zealand footballer (190689); Sir Denis Barnett, New Zealand senior officer in the Royal Air Force during WW2 (190692); Edgar Mansfield, bookbinder/sculptor (190796); Airini Grennell, New Zealand singer/pianist/broadcaster (191088); Conrad Janis, US jazz musician/actor (1928); Bruce Cathie, writer/aircraft pilot/ufologist (19302013); Herbert Bramwell Cook, New Zealand gastroenterologist (19362017); A.K. Grant, New Zealand writer/historian (19412000); Sergio Mendes, Brazilian musician (1941); Sheryl Crow, US singer (1962); Sarah Palin, US politician (1964); Jennifer Aniston, US actress (1969); Kelly Slater, US surfer (1972); Nikki Kaye, New Zealand politician (1980); Matthew Lawrence, US actor (1980); Kelly Rowland, US singer
(1981).