… of President Bush, six-oh today.
… of Sylvester Enzio Stallone, also 60 today. Stallone is one of three people to be nominated for a writing Oscar and an acting Oscar for the same movie. The others are Chaplin and Welles.
… of Nancy Reagan (85), Merv Griffin (81) and William Schallert, Patty Duke’s TV father, (84).
… of Ned Beatty. Beatty, who is 69 today, was nominated for the supporting actor Oscar for Network.
Bill Haley (“Rock Around the Clock”) was born on this date in 1925; he died in 1981.
The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born on this date in 1907 [she claimed 1910]. Ms. Kahlo died in 1954.