NOTABLE PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY include sports executive and Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron, who was born in 1934; actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, who was born in 1962; soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, who was born in 1985; singer-songwriter, dancer and actor Bobby Brown, who was born in 1969; actor Michael Sheen, who was born in 1969; singer-songwriter Sara Evans, who was born in 1971; Hall of Fame baseball player Roberto Alomar, who was born in 1968; writer, actor and comedian Christopher Guest, who was born in 1948; actress and singer Laura Linney, who was born in 1964; actress, model and singer Charlotte Rampling, who was born in 1946; soccer player Carlos Tévez, who was born in 1984; motorsports analyst and former racing driver Darrell Waltrip, who was born in 1947; financial journalist Jane Bryant Quinn, who was born in 1939; soccer player Neymar, who was born in 1992; producer and actor David Ladd, who was born in 1947; actress Barbara Hershey, who was born in 1948; actor David Selby, who was born in 1941; and Hall of Fame football player Roger Staubach, who was born in 1942.
***
A VICTORY FOR WOMEN ATHLETES: Today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day, which celebrates female athletes and commemorates the 1972 passage of civil rights law Title IX, which guarantees gender equality in federally-funded school programs. Title IX was co-authored by Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana and U.S. Rep. Patsy Mink of Hawaii.
***
BLUE SKIES FOR BROADCASTING: Today is National Weatherperson’s Day, which commemorates the birth of John Jeffries, one of the first U.S. weathercaster. Jeffries was a Boston physician who kept detailed records of weather conditions.
***
Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.
Quotable:
“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” —Hank Aaron, who was born on this day in 1934
