Today’s birthdays:

Wesley Spragg, New Zealand butter manufacturer/ exporter (18481930); Herbert Boucher Dobbie, engineering draughtsman/botanist/orchardist/writer (18521940); Grace Winifred Green, New Zealand radio broadcaster/journalist (190776); Raniera Ellison, New Zealand fishing company manager (191574); Godfrey Bowen, New Zealand sheep shearer (192294); Chuck Yeager, US test pilot (1923); Lloyd Berrell, New Zealand actor (192657); Kim Novak, US actress (1933); George Segal, US actor (1934); Stockard Channing, US actress (1944); Jerry Springer, US talkshow host (1944); Peter Gabriel, British singer/songwriter (1950); Phillip Mills, New Zealand hurdler/businessman (1955); Matt Salinger, US actor (1960); Neal McDonough, US actor (1966); Kelly Hu, US actress (1968); Robbie Williams, British singer (1974); Mena Suvari, US actress (1979); Joel Little, New Zealand singer/songwriter (1983); Jeremy Redmore, New Zealand singer/songwriter (1985); Hamish Bond, New Zealand rower (1986).