The first day of July

… is the birthday

… of Olivia de Havilland, 95 today. Miss de Havilland was nominated for an acting Oscar five times, winning for To Each His Own and The Heiress. She lost the best supporting actress Oscar for Gone With the Wind to Hattie McDaniel. (Her sister Joan Fontaine is 93.)

… of Cpl. Klinger. Jamie Farr is 77.

… of hockey great Rod Gilbert, 70.

… of Twyla Tharp. The choreographer is 70.

… of one-time Oscar nominee for best actress Geneviève Bujold. She’s 69. The nomination was for Anne of the Thousand Days. (Richard Burton and Anthony Quayle were also nominated for that film.)

… of Deborah Harry of Blondie. She’s 66.

… of Louis Winthorpe III. Canadian-born Dan Aykroyd is 59. Aykroyd was nominated for the best supporting actor Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy.

… of Alan Ruck. He’s 55. Ruck was Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And he’s 55!

… of Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, 50.

… of The Lord of the Rings‘s Arwen Undómiel, she’s 32. That’s Steven Tyler’s daughter Liv. Her mother, Bebe Buell, model, singer, and former Playboy Playmate, named her for actress Liv Ullmann.

Diana, Princess of Wales, should have been 50 today.

Michael Landon died 20 years ago today. Marlon Brando died seven years ago today.