Today is the birthday
… of Napoleon Solo. Robert Vaughn is 77. Vaughn has a Ph.D. from USC in communications.
… of Billie Jean King. She’s 66.
… of Steve Van Zandt. Little Steven, E Street Band member and Sopranos actor, is 59.
… of Jamie Lee Curtis. She’s 51.
… of Mariel Hemingway. She’s 48.
… of Boris Becker. He’s 42.
… of Scarlett Johansson. She’s 25.
Abigail Adams, America’s second first lady and the mother of the sixth president, was born on this date in 1744.
Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael was born on this date in 1899: “Stardust,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Up The Lazy River,” “Heart and Soul.”