Congrats to the old fossil on the north of the rock. One year older than Darryl sitter :-)

Alistair

53 - Trajan, ancient Hispania, XIII Roman Emperor, (Trajan's Forum), (d. 117)
1344 - Marie Valois, Princess of France (d. 1404)
1434 - Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
1574 - Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet
1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)
1636 - Pietro Sanmartini, composer
1676 - Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
1709 - Samuel Johnson, Lichfield Staffordshire, England, lexicographer/writer (Boswell's Tour Guide)
1713 - Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher
1733 - George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
1752 - Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals
1752 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
1765 - Oliver Holden, composer
1772 - Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer

1779 - Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45)
1786 - Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
1787 - Johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist
1805 - Robert Cowdin, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1874)
1812 - Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880)
1815 - Henry Constantine Wayne, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1818 - Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1837 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (d. 1880)
1838 - Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh
1859 - John L. Bates, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1859 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (d. 1940)
1860 - Alberto Franchetti, composer
1863 - Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist
1870 - Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)
1874 - Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)
1875 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
1876 - Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme)
1876 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
1877 - Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)
1883 - Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood)
1885 - Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer
1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970)
1890 - Vladimir Ambros, composer
1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (Jamaican Rumba), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1893 - William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K)

1895 - John Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63)
1895 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007
1897 - John Mens, writer (People Without Money)
1897 - Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer
1901 - Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn)
1905 - Agnes De Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma), born in NYC, New York
1905 - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, actor (Jack Benny Show), born in Oakland, California
1905 - Greta Garbo, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille), (d. 1990)
1906 - Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5]
1907 - Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize)
1908 - Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50)
1910 - Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi

1910 - Josef Tal, composer
1910 - Leon Stein, composer
1911 - Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
1912 - Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (d. 2005)
1914 - Jack Cardiff, British film director
1915 - Hetta Empson, artist
1915 - Ronald Ogden, engineer
1916 - John J Rhodes, (Rep-R-Az)
1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor/director (Antaeus-Survivors)
1916 - Frank Bell, British educator (d. 1989)
1917 - Alan Ande Anderson, opera director
1917 - Gerrit Borgers, literature
1918 - John Berger, politician
1920 - Jack Warden, Newark NJ, actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby)
1922 - Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
1923 - J T Mellema, Boer politician (CHU)
1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003)
1923 - Queen Anne of Romania
1924 - Zelda Fichandler, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)
1926 - Bud Greenspan, documentary maker (Olympic Games)
1926 - Bob Toski, American golfer
1927 - Gerlando Alberti, Palermo, Italy, Sicilian Mafioso (Ciaculli massacre, 1963, 'Mafia! What is that? A kind of cheese'), (d. 2012)
1928 - Adam Walacinski, composer
1928 - Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show)
1929 - June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist
1929 - Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
1932 - Jack Mullaney, Pitts Pa, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time)
1932 - Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33)
1932 - Valery Viktorovich Ryumin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37)
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb)
1933 - Manfred Niehaus, composer
1933 - Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
1933 - Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah)

1933 - Scotty Bowman, Montreal Quebec, NHL player/coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings)
1933 - Valentina Ponomaryova, Moscow, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup)
1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer
1939 - Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- )
1939 - Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People)
1939 - Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
1939 - Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal
1940 - Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
1941 - Clive Burton, neuropathologist
1941 - Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer
1941 - Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night)
1942 - Koos van den Berg, Dutch MP (SGP)
1942 - Alex Stepney, English football goalkeeper
1943 - Michael Vetter, composer
1944 - Charles Lacy Veach, astronaut (STS 39, STS 52), born in Chicago, Illinois
1944 - Michael Franks, rocker
1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1946 - Alan "Bam" King, rocker
1946 - Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
1946 - Otis Sistrunk, American football player
1947 - Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast)
1947 - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss
1948 - Ken Brett, American baseball player (d. 2003)
1949 - Jim McCrery, (Rep-R-Louisiana)
1949 - Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rock guitarist (Kansas)
1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005)
1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer
1949 - Billy Drago, American actor
1950 - Helene Weijel, author (In the Street Without a Coat)
1950 - Mike Hossack, Patterson NJ, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), (d. 2012)
1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress

1950 - Darryl Sittler, Kitchener Ontario, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 - Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones)
1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon
1951 - Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver
1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach
1953 - Betsy Boze née: Vogel, American academic
1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician
1954 - Takao Doi, Tokyo Japan, astronaut (STS 87)
1954 - Tommy Tuberville, American football coach
1955 - Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980)
1955 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006)
1956 - Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
1956 - Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
1958 - John Aldridge, Irish footballer
1958 - Don Geronimo, American radio personality
1959 - Ryne Sandberg, Spokane WA, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer
1959 - Mark Romanek, American filmmaker
1960 - Karim Rashid, Egyptian/English industrial designer
1961 - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery Ala, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
1961 - Sharon Barrett, LPGA golfer (1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore-22nd), born in San Diego, California

1961 - James Gandolfini, Westwood New Jersey, American actor (Tony Soprano)
1962 - Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Human League)
1962 - John Fashanu, English footballer
1963 - Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, US slalom single kayak (Olympics-6th-96)
1963 - Rob Brettle, British historian
1963 - Jim Pocklington, British racing driver
1964 - Holly Robinson, Phila, actress (21 Jump Street)
1964 - Marco Masini, Italian entertainer
1966 - Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star
1966 - Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac) [or Feb 4]
1967 - Ricky Bell, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1967 - Tara Fitzgerald, Sussex England, actress (Siren)
1968 - Toni Kukoc, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1968 - Cappadonna, American rapper
1969 - Robert Coons, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1970 - Everett Lindsay, NFL guard/center (Minnesota Vikings)
1970 - Gary Rogers, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1970 - Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987)
1970 - Mike Compton, NFL center/guard (Detroit Lions)
1970 - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. 1993)
1970 - Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian
1971 - Kate Starre, Armadale Australia, field hockey utility (Olympics-96)

1971 - Lance Armstrong, Plano Texas, American road cyclist (7 Tour de France wins) barred from sport for using banned drugs
1971 - Oleg Ladik, Kiev Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 - Ron Childs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress (Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1972 - Francois Gesthuizen, soccer player (PSV, NAC)
1972 - Michael Landes, actor (American Summer)
1972 - Richard Huntley, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 - Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
1972 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1973 - Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - James Marsden, American actor
1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy AmiYumi)

1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur
1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer
1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
1974 - Xzibit, American rapper
1975 - Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter
1975 - Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
1975 - "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican artist
1976 - Gabriel Gervais, Canadian football player
1977 - Li Tie, Chinese footballer
1977 - Kieran West, British oarsman
1978 - Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA (Tennessee, 1997)
1978 - Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1978 - Pilar López de Ayala, Spanish actress
1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress
1979 - Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
1980 - Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
1980 - Charles Hedger - British musician (Cradle of Filth)
1980 - Chris Tarrant, Australian football player
1981 - Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and model
1983 - Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
1984 - Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
1986 - Keeley Hazell, British model
1988 - Annette Obrestad, Norwegian poker player

> On Sep 18, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> Gals and Guys in Vanagon Land,
> 
> I've crawled out from under my rock here on the second-largest rock in the Pacific Ocean…
> The largest considered is New Zealand. No more geography lessons, I promise.
> (discounting a few uninhabited rocks in the Antarctic region. Ok, so I already broke my promise above)
> Cloudy with rain showers here and it's my B-Day. Sixty-six this year!
> Throw what you got at me. Insults are solicited, strokes and money are always appreciated… :-) 
> 
> I'd latch onto Angus' how many people will fit into a Vanagon thread and bet mine would win…
> Why?
> Cuz it's stripped of the interior, all windows-doors & roofs are removed. Pile the bodies in (flat and limp)!
> 
> Ok now for the fun…..
> A girl is buying me dinner and drinks tonight…
> A rare occurrence for this bachelor with a license to prove it.
> Next to having my Vanagon back on the road.. this is a pretty great day eh?
> 
> See you down the road.
> Back under his rock off the West Coast of Kannuckistan 
> 
> Phil Z.