August 19th

Bill Clinton is 64 today.

It’s also the birthday

… of Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith. Peter Edward Baker, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is 71. Rolling Stone says Baker is the third greatest rock drummer ever (after Neil Peart of Rush and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin).

… of Johnny Nash. He’s 70.

I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way

… of Jill St. John; she’s 70. A sixties hottie, St. John, real name Jill Oppenheim, reportedly has an IQ of 162.

… of Fred Dalton Thompson. The actor and former U.S. Senator is 68.

… of Tipper Gore. She’s 62.

… of Kyra Sedgwick, 45.

… of Matthew Perry. The Friend is 41.

Gene Roddenberry was born on August 19th in 1921. The creator of Star Trek died in 1991.

The poet Ogden Nash was born on this date in 1902.

Candy
Is Dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.

From his “Reflections on Ice-Breaking.” Or, from “The Firefly”:

The firefly’s flame Is something for which science has no name
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a
person’s posteerier.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was born on this date in 1883. She died in 1971.

The British landed on the Patuxent River in Maryland on August 19th in 1814. It took them five days to reach Washington. Arsonist bastards.