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Greig ‘Boldy’ Bolderrow, 103.5 Mix FM (103.5 Triple M)/ 101.9 Sea FM (now Hit 101.9) GM, has retired from radio. His final day was on March 31. Greig began his career as a teenage announcer but he will be best remembered for his 33 years as General Manager for Southern Cross Austereo in Wide Bay. The day after he finished his final exam he started his job at the radio station. He had worked a lot of jobs throughout the station before becoming the general manager. He started out as an announcer at night. After that he worked on breakfast shows and sales, all before he became the general manager.” He managed Mix and

Sea in Maryborough and 93.1 Sea FM in Bundaberg, as well as several television channels. He says that supporting community organisations was the best part of the job.

Tim Aquilina, Assistant Content Director of EON Broadcasters, is leaving the Sunshine Coast. After 4 years with MIX/SEA FM he’s accepted a programming role as Content Director with Triple M/Hit103.5 FM in Cairns.

Triple M Sydney will reunite four of the original Chaser team members: Andrew Hansen, Dom Knight, Chris Taylor and Charles Firth. They will present a daily radio show for a 12 week season from Monday 1 May.

Tina Arena is returning for the fifth time to join the smoothfm weekend line up to host her own show up until Sunday 7 May as well as a Mother’s Day special on Sunday 14 May. Tina Arena recently released a new double album ‘Greatest Hits & Interpretations’ that celebrates her music career and includes hits such as Chains, Burn, You Set Fire To My Life and Sorrento Moon.

The brand new Bundy breakfast show has kicked off on Hitz939. Matthew Ambrose made the move north from Magic FM, Port Augusta teaming up with Tracey Sergiacomi.

The parent company of 102.9 Hot Tomato, has appointed current radio station GM Graham Miles into the role of CEO. The Hot Tomato Broadcasting Company said in a statement that the company’s Board appointed Mr Miles to the position “based on his expertise, experience and long term management of the business”.

Marc Dwyer has been appointed Creative Writer at SCA’s 2DayFM and Triple M in Sydney. He will be leaving Star 104.5 Gosford in four weeks.

Mark Hales, Music Director and Morning Announcer at River 94.9 Ipswich has left. He joins Nova Entertainment as podcasting operations manager. Greg ‘Woody’ Wood will take on the MD role.

Karen-Louise Allen has left ARN Sydney. She is moving to Macquarie Media in the role of Direct Sales Manager, Sydney.

Alex Nation became a household name after capturing the heart of Richie Strahan on last year’s The Bachelor Australia. She is now looking at a stint in radio. She debuted as a radio co-host alongside Luke Forrest and Jay Bruno on Melbourne community station Southern FM’s ‘The Drive Out with Jay, Foz and Alex’.

Neil Bradshaw has been appointed as General Manager Fraser Coast Maryborough and Hervey Bay with responsibility for Hit101.9 and Triple M Fraser Coast 103.5 as well as the Nine TV brands in Maryborough. He was the Wide Bay General Sales Manager. He replaces Greig Bolderrow who has retired.

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Jocks’ Journal: I’m talking with Heidi Everett who is the General Manager of the Radio Training Institute - ACE Radio Network. I’m at their headquarters in South Melbourne and tonight’s class is just about to commence. Heidi is heating up a chocolate pudding as we have a quick chat about her role and the school. Heidi, tell us about what’s happening tonight at radio school?Heidi: I have got my night advanced students back. They were on work experience last week so they’ve been into a lot of commercial regional stations around Victoria and they’re now back and we’re doing a whole lot of career stuff and they’ve got a guest lecturer coming in. We are getting into the wrap-up part of the course, all the career side of things.

If you commit yourself to the course, how long should it take you before you might step into a full time radio career? - About 20 weeks, so it works out to about 5 months. You’re here either 2 days a week or 2 nights a week, plus you’re adding in studio time and work experience and bits and pieces on top of that. It’s almost full time in the educational side of things.

You’ve been involved with the school pretty much the beginning haven’t you?- Yeah, since ACE bought it out which was in I think, end of 2002 early 2003 roughly. I started soon after, so I’m coming up to close to 14 years.

The school was originally owned and founded by Gary Mac? - Correct, yes.

You realise Heidi, you could’ve been doing a gig on say a NOVA or maybe heading an ACE network breakfast show - yet you’ve decided to stay on and teach, has this been your passion?- Yeah, I just really like working with the students to be honest. I’ve got a bit of a social work/welfare background in terms of some of my other worlds out there. I just love working with students and working with them through that process or that sort of journey between coming here as a nervous little student, young or old, and coming out of the course a lot more confident and obviously a lot more highly skilled. I just enjoy that process as well as working with them ongoing after they’ve finished the course as well.

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(General Manager) Radio Training Institute

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You come from a rich radio background. Have you always had this passion, did you grow up saying ‘Dad, I want to get into radio?’- I think I just kind of fell into it to be honest, I remember the phone call with Dad (Stephen Everitt) ringing me saying ‘We’ve just bought a radio school, we need a hand’ - and that was literally it. I was doing other things, studying elsewhere, so I fell into it a little bit but obviously it’s not a huge surprise seeing Dad’s history in radio and that a lot of my family has been involved in media or advertising so its probably in the blood I think.

Radio has changed particularly since 2000. My friend Phil who drove me here today made an observation, he said - ‘Are there any jobs still in radio?’ There’s a lot of networking, but there are other types of jobs now like running a station website, imaging producers etc. So what do you say to people who are saying - ‘are there many jobs in radio?’- It’s a valid point and it’s one question I get a lot. There is certainly a lot of jobs out there but you’re right it has shifted, so there’s a lot of new roles coming up and a lot of those come into that online content, digital content, social media umbrella. That’s sort of where it’s going. Radio is not just about audio anymore there’s a huge visual aspect to consider. There are lots of new roles that we haven’t seen before that have been popping in the last 5 or so years and I think that’s where a lot of the growth area is.

Somebody comes to you and they’re say 30, 40 maybe 44 - do you turn them away and say ‘Sorry, you need to be younger’? Is there a cut off age?- No, I don’t think so. Our students vary in age. I think we’ve got age 16 up until 60. This industry seeks diverse background of people, ages, cultures etc. and we get students employed right across the full age bracket.

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Jocks’ Journal Fun FilesBRITAIN’S BIGGEST FAMILY have announced they’re expecting their 20th child. Sue Radford, 42, and husband Noel, 46, star in the reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting. They welcomed their youngest baby, daughter Phoebe Willow, last July. They’d previously vowed not to have any more children. The new baby has 10 brothers and 9 sisters. The family live in a former care home in Lancashire, and use a minibus to get around. Mr and Mrs Radford have raised their family without benefits and own a bakery. The couple had their first baby when Mrs Radford first fell pregnant with Chris when she was aged 14. (Meanwhile in Australia ... we have the Bonells who have 16 children. Jeni and husband Ray, Bonell live with their kids in Toowomba, Queensland. They have seven bedrooms ... and hopefully several bathrooms.)

A MAN HAS BEEN DUBBED THE ‘ORNIMATOR’ for filling his entire home with $AU100,000 worth of bizarre ornaments. Eccentric Lawrence Cobbold, 43, has filled his home, three sheds and a garage with 20,000 items of bric-a-brac - and he doesn’t plan to stop there. The obsessive collector - who started his hobby 30 years ago - even moved to a new house so he could have more room his ever expanding collection. And he even has to cook and clean at his parents’ home because he has no room in his own place. In total, Lawrence has around 14,000 thimbles, 2,000 paperweights, 1,000 fridge magnets and about 300 plates. He has also collected hundreds of pictures, mugs and jigsaws, all connecting in some way to birds. Lawrence’s dad Tony used to keep about 300 live canaries and budgies and thinks that could be where his son’s interest with birds started.(Well at least Lawrence’s birds are all ornaments - or else like his Dad - he’d have one enormous bird seed bill.)

DOGS LOVE TO CHEW ALL MANNER OF THINGS. But when they start to ingest non-edible items such as socks, underwear or even rocks, something can inevitably become stuck. The eating of substances that have no nutritional value is a disorder known as pica, and it is common among puppies and certain dog breeds such as labradors and dachshunds. “A dog’s sense of smell is up to 10,000 times better than ours, so they’re just attracted to everything,” Canberra vet Michael Archinal said. Some dogs are just perpetually hungry. eg Labradors, from the day they’re born to the day they die, want to eat something. Dr Archinal says: “Genetically they’ve got three genes that don’t switch off when they’ve had a meal, so they’re constantly hungry and will eat anything given the chance. Dr Archinal said in some cases, such as when a dog had eaten socks or underwear, they could support the animal with pain relief and fluids. (Just remember - if your dog eats a clock or a watch ... it could be because he wants to simply pass the time.)

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO SPREAD FIRM BUTTER? An easy go-to method for many of us is to bung our butter in the microwave for a few seconds. Well, Food & Wine magazine conducted an experiment and tested three different processes. The first was to leave the butter out. The second, however, involved filling a glass jug with boiling water, leaving it for five minutes, then pouring the water away before covering the stick of butter with the jug face down for about 20 minutes. This did the trick nicely, though the butter was still a little firm in the centre. The third method is real easy. Put the butter under your armpit for 20 minutes. As the experiment showed, it worked as well as the hot jug method. This is because, at 37.5-38 C, the armpit is considered to be the warmest external part of your body. So you can see why this way is quicker than leaving it out. Going forward, if you do decide to soften your butter under you arm, the experts advise people to put the butter in a freezer bag before sticking it under your armpit. (A word of advice. If you do try method No 3 and your family complains that their bread smells like B.O ... maybe it’s wise to go back to method No 1 or 2.)

INVERIE IN SCOTLAND is officially the UK’s most remote location. When locals want a takeaway, their options are very limited. They’re non-existent, actually. Pizza brand Chicago Town decided to help out. The company flew in a chest full of frozen pizzas by way of a helicopter – the easiest way to access Inverie. The ferry, the only other way to reach the island, takes a little longer. You can technically get to the village by land, but there aren’t any roads. It’s also quite cold. Chicago Town dropped the pizza on a local field, not far from the local pub and the area’s hotel. Inverie, in west Scotland, is described as “Britain’s last wilderness”. There are just 120 residents. There’s one postcode for the whole community. Aside from the Old Forge pub, and hotel, Inverie has just two shops and a Post Office. Chicago Town company said it’s going to continue delivering to Inverie. (It’s not quite takeaway - more like a food-drop ... and it is frozen ... and it’s unlikely they will have a two for Tuesday offer ... but I don’t think the folk at Inverie are going to complain.)

DOGS WITH A SWEET TOOTH can finally satisfy their ice cream cravings - at the Don Paletto parlor in Mexico City. The parlor offers a variety of frozen cone and lollipop treats especially made for the animals. Made of natural yogurt and lactobacilli bacteria, it can help digestion while normal ice cream can cause pain and diarrhea in dogs, according to the shop owner, who said the food is also safe for humans. Flavours such as “Gentleman” and “Lucky Lucky” are advertised on the shop’s board, where the pets lick the treats off a stick, a cone or out of a bowl. (Well if I opened up an ice cream shop for dogs - I think I’d have different names to Gentleman and Lucky Lucky. How about an Old Sandshoe Sundae or a Bone-Flavoured Vanilla Delight?)

THE WORLD’S OLDEST PERSON, Emma Morano, has died in Italy at the age of 117. Emma was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living. Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments. She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, two of them raw.(But here’s the bit of info that you better not pass onto your young kids ... her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, said that she rarely ate vegetables or fruit!)

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Radio training - Life. I knew what was coming, I collected lots of stories. ;)

Former stations - I started as a Promotions Manager in Mackay at 4MK FM and HOT FM then 4HI in Emerald for my first time on air doing Miners Overnight. I moved on to doing the breakfast show at 4LM in Mount Isa (I didn’t look on the map). I had a year away from Mount Isa and joined the Sales team with SCA in Townsville plus I did casual shifts on 4TO FM but if I’m going to be honest, let’s just say sales wasn’t my forte so when the opportunity arose to go back to Mount Isa and get back in a studio full time, I took it and here I’ve been since.

A memory of your first day on air - My immediate moment touching the panel is it because the girl I was taking over from had not turned up (let’s just say she was napping on the couch) so I was sitting there alone after only having watched her a couple of nights but not actually having done anything, waiting for the news to come down the satellite channel with no log in front of me because we loaded as we went. I was shaking so bad but I got there and so did she eventually! I learnt straight up I can swim!!

Radio mentor – or someone you greatly admire on radio- 16 years in for me so there are quite a few people I now admire in this industry but I have to give it to the person for where it started - Steve Price in Townsville. On 4TO FM. I grew up listening to Pricey and to be perfectly honest, for what was sometimes a sh** and lonely childhood at times, Pricey was this guy who made me smile and made my days a little brighter! That’s what made me love radio!

Childhood ambition - I wanted to be an actress but when I asked my mother if I could do drama classes she told me I was dramatic enough. Shut down!

Career choice if not in radio - Psychology interests me immensely although I don’t know if it’s a good sign when I struggle to remember how to spell it.

Normal sleeping hours - I’m rarely in bed before midnight then up at 4:30am. I’m a night owl by nature.

A normal weekday breakfast (as in food/coffee) - I can’t eat breakfast. Coffee is it for me but I must have that!

A favourite concert -Weirdly, I have to give it to Meshell Ndegeocello, who I saw in a nightclub in Vancouver and it’s always stuck with me. “If that’s your boyfriend, he wasn’t last night”. Funky and sassy as! I’ve missed out on seeing some big artists due to location but love live music as long as I don’t have to bang my head to it.

A song you wish you could play on radio ... and not play- Lydia Highly Suspect… Love this band and if I never had to hear Grandma’s Feather Bed by John Denver again….. seriously, I don’t even know what old crack that one creeps out from.

A favourite movie - Sitting still is a bit tricky so I don’t watch many movies… that’s why I read. You have to sit still and concentrate, you can’ start doing other things! I’ll go with The Usual Suspects though if I have to think on my feet (no not sitting still pun intended) because it’s clever and it tricked me and I love that in a movie.

A favourite book - I can’t pick a favourite. I read a lot. Nothing overly intellectual. I love Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Tami Hoag, Karin Slaughter - Thrillers!

Last time you laughed till it hurt - It wasn’t today when I thought I’d cut my toe off… that just hurt! I know I was crying and piggy snorting at something recently and I’m not sure if it was The Big Bang Theory or the dog on the swing on Facebook.

A pet peeve - To pick one thing, it has to be people who cannot pull their heads out of their phones when they are in company.

Passions outside of radio (apart from family) - Gym. It’s my absolute sanity! And my dogs. I would take them everywhere with me if I could. It’s ridiculous how much I love them.

Are you a collector? - I actually have a lot of toys in my studio but due to my nature, a ‘collector’ as such… NO. I hate clutter. I don’t hoard anything. Except my albums but that’s only because I have them stashed at Dads.

Place of birth and birthdate - Hobart Tasmania (but I’m a QLD coastal girl to the core) 5 June 1972 (this upcoming one is making me a little breathless occasionally but I’m thinking gifts could ease that…. of botox especially… feel free to send vouchers c/o the station).

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BirthsGLENN FORD born in Canada - 1916. (Died aged 90 - 2006)* Canadian actor. His movie credits include - Gilda (with Rita Hayworth)(‘46), Man From Colorado (‘48), The Big Heat (‘53), The Blackboard Jungle (‘55) and The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father (‘63). Also starred in the TV series Cade’s County (’71-’72).

SONNY JAMES (James Loden) born in Hackleburg, Alabama - 1928. (Died aged 87 - 2016) * US singer. He had a No 1 hit in the US with Young Love in 1957.

JOHN MEILLON born in Sydney, NSW - 1934. (Died aged 55 - 1989)* Australian actor. He played Wally in the local TV comedy series My Name’s McGooley What’s Yours? (‘66-’68) and also appeared in numerous Australian movies including Crocodile Dundee I and II (playing the part of Dundee’s so-called manager), The Picture Show Man and The Cars That Ate Paris.

UNA STUBBS born in London, England - 1937 (80)* English actress. She played Alf Garnett’s daughter in the ‘60s UK TV comedy Til Death Us Do Part and appeared in the 1963 Cliff Richard film Summer Holiday. She has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes’s landlady Mrs Hudson in the TV series Sherlock.

JUDY COLLINS born in Seattle, Washington - 1939 (78) * American singer. She had her first hit in 1968 with Both Sides Now. She also had hit success with the hymn Amazing Grace (‘71) and Send In The Clowns (‘75). * She was the inspiration behind the Crosby, Stills & Nash hit Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.

RITA COOLIDGE born in Nashville, Tennessee - 1945 (72) * American singer. Her hits include - Higher And Higher (‘77), Boz Scaggs’ We’re All Alone (‘77) and The Way You Do The Things You Do (‘78). She also recorded All Time High (‘83) - theme to the James Bond film Octopussy.* She was once married to Kris Kristofferson.

JOANNA LUMLEY born in Kashmir, India - 1946 (71)* English actress. She is best known for playing Patsy in the UK comedy program Absolutely Fabulous and Purdey in the ‘70s series The New Avengers.

JOHN WOO (Yusen Wu) born in China - 1946 (71)* Chinese film director and producer. His Hollywood movies include Broken Arrow (’96), Face/Off (’97) and Mission: Impossible 2 (2000).

RAY PARKER JR born in Detroit, Michigan - 1954 (63)* Lead vocalist/songwriter with his band Raydio who had hits with Jack And Jill and You Can’t Change That. After going solo he had hits including The Other Woman (‘82) and Ghostbusters (‘84).

GARRY WHO born in - 1954 (63)* Australian comedian and actor. He played ex-roadie Doug Stevens in the ‘90s TV sit-com All Together Now.

NICK FELDMAN born in - 1955 (62)* Member of UK band Wang Chung. Their ‘80s hits include Dance Hall Days, Everybody Have Fun Tonight and Let’s Go.

TIM McGRAW (Samuel Timothy McGraw) born in Delhi, Louisiana - 1967 (50)* US country singer, actor and husband to Faith Hill. They met in 1996 when he hired her as his support act. * He didn’t know he was adopted until he found his birth certificate which listed his biological father as Frank McGraw, a professional baseball player. Subsequently he took McGraw’s surname.

CHARLIE SCHLATTER born in Englewood, New Jersey - 1966 (51) * American actor. He played Dr Jesse Travis in TV’s Diagnosis: Murder (1995-2001) and starred opposite Kylie Minogue in the feature film The Delinquents.

DAVID DIXON born in - 1971 (46) * Australian singer and actor. He’s a former vocalist with Queensland band Indecent Obsession. In 1990 they made No 31 on the US charts with the single Tell Me Something.

STUART APPLEBY born in Cohuna, Victoria - 1971 (46)* Australian golfer. He’s won nine times on the PGA tour. His wins include the Australian Open (2001), Queensland Open (‘91) and Houston Open (‘99). He’s based in Florida.* In 1998 he lost his 24-year-old wife Renay in a vehicle accident.

KELLIE CRAWFORD born in Sydney, NSW - 1974 (43)* Australian singer. She’s a former member of the children’s music group Hi 5. Left in 2008 after 10 years with the group. At one time she was engaged to former Hi 5 member Nathan Foley. * Prior to Hi 5 she was a member of the group The Teen Queens.

CAITLIN STASEY born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1990 (27)* Australian actress and singer. She played Rachel Kinski in Neighbours and Kenna in the US series Reign. She can be seen in the film Tomorrow, When The War Began.

EventsFirst POSTAGE STAMP was issued - 1840.* The ‘Penny Black’ bears the head of Queen Victoria and is one of the most valuable stamps in the world.

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING officially opened in New York City by President Herbert Hoover - 1931.

BATMAN made his comic strip debut in Detective Comics (Volume 1 Issue #27) - 1939.

CITIZEN KANE, starring and directed by Orson Welles, premiered in New York City - 1941.

MR POTATO HEAD toy was introduced in America - 1952.* It was the very first toy to be advertised on US television

ROY ORBISON’s first single Ooby Dooby was re-released on Sun records - 1956.* The original Ooby Dooby had been released earlier in the year.

GUMBY children’s TV program premiered in US - 1956.

CAROLE KING released her debut single Goin’ Wild - 1958. (It bombed out).* She had her first solo hit in 1962 with It Might As Well Rain Until September.

ELVIS PRESLEY, 32, married PRISCILLA BEAULIEU, 21, in Las Vegas - 1967.* He met Priscilla in Germany in 1959 when she was just 14. They married at 9.30am in the private suite of the owner of the Aladdin Hotel. After a one-day honeymoon Elvis returned to the set of the film Clambake. Divorced in 1973.

J EDGAR HOOVER, founder and head of the FBI, died aged 77 - 1972.

NEVILLE WRAN became Premier of NSW - 1976.

SYDNEY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE opened - 1983.

AYRTON SENNA, Brazilian racing driver, died aged 34 after crashing his car in the San Marino Grand Prix - 1994.

KATRINA PRESSLEY, 27, became the first female goal umpire to officiate in an AFL/VFL match - 1998.

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS cartoon premiered on Nickelodeon in the US - 1999.

LIFE magazine was printed for the final time - 2000.

JASON, CAMERON AND TRAVIS CLOKE, sons of former VFL footballer David Cloke, all lined up for Collingwood - 2005. * First time in 13 years that three brothers played in the same AFL team. * On the same day, Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse coached his 500th AFL game. (Only 6 others have achieved this honour.)

RENE RIVKIN, Australian businessman, was found dead aged 60 at his son’s Sydney penthouse (suicide) - 2005.

PETER FOSTER, 46 year old Australian conman, was released from jail on parole on money laundering charges - 2009.

MICK MALTHOUSE, AFL coach of Carlton, broke the VFL/AFL record for coaching most games - 2015. * He surpassed the record of Collingwood coaching legend Jock McHale when he coached his 715th game. However 3 games later he was sacked by Carlton.

BEN E KING, US singer who charted with Stand By Me, died aged 76 - 2015.

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Tuesday 2nd May 2017Births

DR BENJAMIN SPOCK born in New Haven, Connecticut - 1903. (Died aged 94 - 1998)* American author of numerous books on baby-care and child raising which were very popular during the 1960s especially Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946) which sold 50 million copies.

THEODORE BIKEL born in Austria - 1924. (Died aged 91 - 2015) * Austrian-born actor. He made his film debut in African Queen (‘52) and received an Oscar nomination for his role in The Defiant Ones (‘58).

RAY BARRETT born in Brisbane, Queensland - 1927. (Died aged 82 - 2009)* Australian actor. He appeared in many local films including Don’s Party, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Goodbye Paradise (won AFI award for best actor) and Hotel Sorrento. He also had a major role in the ABC TV series Something In The Air.

LINK WRAY (Fred Lincoln Wray Jnr) born in Dunn, North Carolina - 1929. (Died aged 76 - 2005)* US guitarist. He’s credited for introducing the fuzz-tone to guitar playing as well as adding feedback, distortion and noise. He also pioneered the power chord. His biggest hit was the 1958 instrumental Rumble.

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (Arnold George Dorsey) born in India - 1936 (81)* English singer. His pop hit career began in 1967 with Release Me, followed by There Goes My Everything, The Last Waltz, Am I That Easy To Forget and A Man Without Love. His last chart appearance was in 1977 with After The Lovin’.

LESLEY GORE (Lesley Goldstein) born in New York City, New York - 1946. (Died aged 68 - 2015)* American singer. She was only 17 when she had her first hit with It’s My Party. Her other ‘60s hits include Judy’s Turn To Cry, You Don’t Own Me and That’s The Way The Boys Are.

DAVID SUCHET born in London, England - 1946 (71)* British actor. He is best known in Australia for playing the detective Hercule Poirot in the series of Poirot television movies from 19899-2013.* He toured Australia in 2014 in the stage play The Last Confession. It also featured his actress wife Sheila Ferris.

LOU GRAMM born in Rochester, New York - 1950 (67)* US singer. Former lead vocalist with Foreigner. Their biggest hit was in 1985 with I Want To Know What Love Is which became a No 1 hit in Australia. Their other hits include Cold As Ice and Waiting For A Girl Like You. He left Foreigner in 1990 and now tours as ‘Lou Gramm – the voice of Foreigner’.* His biggest solo hit was in 1987 with Midnight Blue.

CHRISTINE BARANSKI born in Buffalo, New York - 1952 (65)* US actress. She played Maryann in the ‘90s TV series Cybil. For 7 years she starred in the TV series The Good Wife (now in sequel). Her movies include The Grinch, Chicago and Mamma Mia.

DONATELLE VERSACE born in Italy - 1955 (62)* Italian businesswoman. Following her brother’s death in 1997 she became Vice Chairman and Style and Image Director of the House of Versace.

BRIAN LARA born in Trinidad, West Indies - 1969 (48)* West Indies cricketer. The former West Indian captain made his Test debut in 1991. In April 2004 he made a record breaking innings of 400 not out against England in the fourth Test match at the Antigua Recreation Ground. * He named his daughter Sydney in tribute to the 277 runs that he made in Sydney in 1992.

DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON born in California - 1972 (45)* US actor and former professional wrestler. He starred in San Andreas that was filmed in Queensland in 2015. His other movies include The Scorpion King, The Mummy Returns and the series of The Fast And Furious movies.

DAVID BECKHAM born in London, England - 1975 (42)* English soccer player. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player. He was the first English player to win league titles in four countries (which were England, Spain, the United States and France). In May 2013 he played his final game.* In 1999 he married Spice Girl Victoria Adams. They have three children - Brooklyn, Romeo and Harper.

KATIE NOONAN born in Paddington, Sydney - 1977 (40)* Australian singer. She was lead vocalist with Brisbane band george. They made No 1 in Australia in 2002 with their debut album Polyserena. Her brother Tyrone Noonan was also a member of the group. She also sings in Elixir. Her solo albums include Skin and Blackbird.

LILY ALLEN born in London, England - 1985 (32)* English singer/songwriter. Her hit singles, often featuring explicit lyrics, include Smile, Not Fair and The Fear. In 2009 she charted with the single 22. It was featured on the album It’s Not Me, It’s You which made No 1 in Australia. Her 2013 hits include Air Balloon and Hard Out Here.

EventsLEONARDO DA VINCI, Italian artist/sculptor/inventor, died aged 67 - 1519.

First edition of KING JAMES BIBLE was published - 1611.

ROYAL MELBOURNE GOLF CLUB was established - 1891.

SUNCORP began operating in Brisbane - 1916.* It was originally called the State Accident Insurance Office, soon after the State Government Insurance Office and from March 1986, it became Suncorp.

VICTA LAWN MOWER patent was lodged by Mervyn Victor Richardson - 1955.* It was developed in 1952 and in 1953 Richardson sold his first 100 mowers. Within a few years he was a millionaire.

RAY PETERSON recorded Tell Laura I Love Her - 1960.

BEN E KING left the Drifters and went solo - 1960.* The following year he had his two biggest sellers with Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me.

THE ODD COUPLE movie opened in US cinemas - 1968.* It starred Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

ERIC CLAPTON recorded Wonderful Tonight - 1977.

PINK FLOYD’s hit Another Brick In The Wall was banned in South Africa because the authorities thought it might encourage boycotts at black schools - 1980.

Alan Bond’s SWAN AIRSHIP made its first commercial flight over Sydney - 1987.

DAVID RAPPAPORT, British born dwarf-actor, committed suicide aged 38 - 1990.

Hawthorn full forward JASON DUNSTALL kicked 17 goals against Richmond. (One short of equalling the AFL record of 18 goals kicked by Melbourne’s Fred Fanning) - 1992.

PHIL DONAHUE taped his final Donahue TV talk show - 1996.

TONY BLAIR, aged 43, became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister since 1801 - 1997.

OLIVER REED, English actor, died aged 61 in a bar in Malta - 1999.* He had been on the set of the film The Gladiator not long prior to his death.

BARDOT played their final concert - 2002.* The Australian group came together on TV’s Popstars, were together for 2 1/2 years.

PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH declared an end to the war with Iraq - 2003.

CREAM reunited after 37 years for four shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall commencing on this date - 2005.

OSAMA BIN LADEN, head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan by a United States special forces military unit - 2011.

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Wednesday 3rd May 2017Births

BING CROSBY (Harry Lillis Crosby) born in Tacoma, Washington - 1903. (Died aged 74 - 1977) * US actor and crooner of the ‘30s and ‘40s. He made 65 films and teamed up with Bob Hope to star in a series of ‘Road’ pictures beginning with Road To Singapore (‘40). He also made movies of his own such as Holiday Inn that contained the all time classic White Christmas. In 1944 he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in Going My Way.

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (Walker Smith) born in Detroit, Michigan - 1921. (Died aged 67 - 1989) * US middleweight boxing champion on five occasions between 1951-1960. He had 123 wins, two draws and one loss.

JAMES BROWN born in Augusta, Georgia - 1933. (Died aged 73 - 2006)* American soul singer. Despite numerous US hits from 1960 onwards it wasn’t until 1986 that he had his first national hit in Australia with Living In America which was featured in Rocky IV. Two of his biggest hits in the ‘60s were - I Got You (I Feel Good) (‘65) and It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World (‘66). He died on Christmas Day 2006 of pneumonia. He’s survived by his 4th wife, two daughters and two sons.* He used to lose about a kilogram in weight each time he performed.

FRANKIE VALLI (Francis Casteluccio) born in Newark, New Jersey - 1934 (83) * Lead singer with the Four Seasons. The US vocal group had four No 1 hits in America with Sherry (‘62), Big Girls Don’t Cry (‘62), Walk Like A Man (‘63) and Rag Doll (‘64). In 1975 the Four Seasons reunited with Frankie on lead vocals and Bob Gaudio on keyboards plus three new members. They hit the US No 1 spot with December 1963 (What a Night). * The story and music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is told in the musical The Jersey Boys.* His three big solo hits are Grease, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You and My Eyes Adored You.

TIM FISCHER born in Lockhart, NSW - 1946 (71)* Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Trade and leader of Australia’s National Party. He stepped down in July 1999.

MARY HOPKIN born in Wales - 1950 (67)* Welsh singer. She got her showbiz break on the British television program Opportunity Knocks. British model Twiggy telephoned Paul McCartney and told him of her talent and as a consequence she was signed to the Beatles Apple record company. Paul chose her first single Those Were The Days which was released in 1968. Her other big hits were Goodbye (written by McCartney), Temma Harbour and Knock Knock Who’s There.

CHRISTOPHER CROSS (Christopher Geppert) born in San Antonio, Texas - 1951 (66)* American singer/songwriter. 1980 was his big year when he won five Grammys and had two huge hits with Ride Like The Wind and Sailing both from his self-titled debut album. A year later he had his second US No 1 hit with Arthur’s Theme.

DAVID HOOKES born in Adelaide, SA - 1955. (Died aged 48 - 2004)* Australian Test cricketer and sports commentator. The 3AW Sports Today co-host was coaching the Victorian Bushrangers at the time of his death. He died in 2004 due to an incident that took place outside a St Kilda hotel. * In his first Test in 1977 he scored five fours off five consecutive balls from Tony Greig.

PHIL CASS born in Toowoomba, Queensland - 1956 (61) * Australian comedy magician. Known as, Phil ‘Trust Me’ Cass, he was a regular guest on Sydney’s Footy Show.

BEN ELTON (Benjamin Elton) born in London, England - 1959 (58)* British comic, writer and author. He was a script writer for the TV comedy programs The Young Ones, Black Adder and Mr Bean. He also wrote the script for the musical We Will Rock You. He now resides in Australia.

PETER EVERITT born in Victoria - 1974 (43)* AFL player. 203 cm tall ‘Spida’ made his debut for St Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn. He was then traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2006 and retired at the end of 2008 after playing 291 games. He now works in the media and is a breakfast presenter on Gold Coast radio station Gold 92.5.* He and his wife Sheree are the presenters on the TV show Great Australian Doorstep. * His younger brother Andrejs Everitt also played AFL football.

BRAD SCOTT born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1976 (41)* Former AFL premiership player with the Brisbane Lions. He played with his identical twin brother Chris. He was appointed coach of North Melbourne at the end of season 2009. His brother Chris coaches Geelong.

CHRIS SCOTT born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1976 (41)* AFL dual premiership player with Brisbane Lions. He and his identical twin brother Brad played in defence. In 2008 he joined Fremantle as an assistant coach. He’s now the coach of Geelong replacing Mark Thompson at the end of season of 2010.

JAMES PATTINSON born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1990 (27) * Australian cricketer. He made his Test debut in the 2011/12 home series against New Zealand, in the first Test in Brisbane on 1 December 2011. He took 5 wickets for 27 runs in the second innings of his debut Test. On 23 December 2009, James broke the record for Victorian One Day cricket by taking 6 for 48 off 10 overs with 1 maiden.

EventsThe first daily evening newspaper, THE STAR AND EVENING ADVERTISER, was published in London - 1788.

ACTU was formed at a meeting in Melbourne - 1927.

BERT NEWTON, aged 18, began hosting the Late Show on Channel 7 - 1957.* It was his debut as a TV host. In 1959 he joined rival channel GTV 9 to host In Melbourne Today. A short time later he joined Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight.

TIM TAM won the Kentucky Derby - 1958.* The Tim Tam biscuits were named by Ross Arnott, who attended the 1958 Kentucky Derby and decided that the name of the winning horse Tim Tam was perfect for a planned new line of biscuits. They first went on sale in Australia in 1964.

THE HOLLIES recorded Carrie Anne (in just two takes) - 1967.

MARCIA HINES released her first single Fire And Rain - 1975.* It was a cover version of the popular James Taylor song.

FIRST SPAM E-MAIL was sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative (Gary Thuerk) to every ARPANET address of the US Defence Department - 1978.

MARGARET THATCHER became the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain - 1979.* In 1987 she became the first PM in 150 years to win three consecutive terms in Downing Street. She resigned in late 1990.

CLIFF YOUNG, aged 61, won the 875km Sydney to Melbourne foot race in a record time of five days, 14 hours - 1983.

LANCE HILL, the name behind the ‘Hills Hoist’ clothes line, died aged 93 in Adelaide - 1986.

ANDY WARHOL’s possessions were sold at auction with total sales of $34 million - 1988.

DALLAS ended on US television - 1991. (The series began in 1978.)

GEELONG created an AFL record highest score 37.17.239 against Brisbane (11.9.75) at Carrara - 1992.

AUSTRALIA defeated West Indies to win the Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies first series defeat in 15 years) - 1995.

EDITH BLISS, Australian singer/TV presenter, died aged 52 - 2012.* She was a presenter on the TV program Wonder World. Her biggest hit was in 1979 with If It’s Love You Want.

SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI, an Italian astronaut, became the first person in space to drink a freshly made cup of espresso coffee - 2015.

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Star Wars Day Thursday 4th May 2017

BirthsERIC SYKES born in England - 1923. (Died aged 89 - 2012)* British comedian and writer. From the 1950s to the 1970s he had a regular TV series on the BBC with Hattie Jacques playing the part of his sister. One of his most popular works is the short TV film, The Plank (’67) that he wrote, directed and starred in. It featured cameo appearances by several UK comedians.

AUDREY HEPBURN (Edda Van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston) born in Brussels, Belgium - 1929. (Died aged 63 - 1993)* Belgium-born Hollywood actress. In 1953 she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in Roman Holiday. She also received Oscar nominations for her roles in: - Sabrina (’54), Breakfast At Tiffany’s (‘61), My Fair Lady (‘64) and Wait Until Dark (’67).

EL CORDOBES (Manuel Benitez Perez) born in Spain - 1936 (81) * Spain’s most famous and highest paid bullfighter in history. He has the scars of more than 20 gorings from fighting bulls to prove it! Retired in 1971.

DICK DALE (Richard Monsour) born in Massachusetts - 1937 (80)* US musician. He’s hailed as the “King of Surf Guitar.” An avid surfer and accomplished musician, Dale and the Del-Tones appeared in several of the popular beach party teen flicks starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon made during the early 60’s. His signature single is Misiriou (‘62).

STEVE LIEBMANN born in Sydney, NSW - 1944 (73)* Australian radio and TV presenter. In 1981 he joined the Nine Network as the original co-host of Today with Sue Kellaway. In 1986, after five years with the program, he moved to Channel 10 Sydney to present its main evening news bulletin. However, in 1990 he returned to the Nine Network to again co-host Today. In January 2005 he quit his role as host of the Today show. (In 2004 he suffered a mild heart attack.)* He began his media career as a teenager at radio station 2XL.

BELINDA GREEN born in Sydney, NSW - 1952 (65)* Australian model. The former Miss Australia was crowned Miss World in 1972. She became the second woman from her country to win the title. She was a panellist on Beauty & The Beast (2002).* She had two children to her former husband John Singleton.

PIA ZADORA (Pia Schipani) born in New York - 1953 (64) * US actress and singer. In 1985 she charted with When The Rain Begins To Fall - a duet with Jermaine Jackson. She can be seen in the films Butterfly and Hairspray.

MARILYN MARTIN born in Louisville, Kentucky - 1954 (63)* American singer. In 1985 she charted with Separate Lives - a duet with Phil Collins. It was featured in the film White Nights.

PETER SLEEP born in Penola, SA - 1957 (60) * Australian cricketer. ‘Sounda’ played 14 Tests for Australia between 1979 and 1990. The 1986–87 series included his best bowling figures in a Test innings, five for 72 in the second innings as England failed to chase 320 for the win.

RANDY TRAVIS (Randy Traywick) born in North Carolina - 1959 (58)* American country singer and actor. He has won a string of awards since 1986 and became the youngest male member to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.* His first two singles - recorded in the late 1970s, were produced by Joe South. * As an actor he’s appeared in the films Texas Rangers (2001) and The Rain Maker (‘97).

ANDREW DENTON born in Sydney, NSW - 1960 (57)* Australian TV and radio presenter. On television he’s best known for hosting the ABC interview program Enough Rope, the Channel 7 late night program Denton and prior to that he fronted the ABC programs Blah Blah Blah, The Money Or The Gun and Live & Sweaty. In 2012 he hosted the game show Randling on ABC. * He married Jennifer Byrne in 2004.

KYLIE GILLIES (Kylie Mills) born in Tamworth, NSW - 1967 (50) * Australian TV presenter. She currently co-hosts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur. * Gillies was the Weekend Sunrise sport presenter and regularly filled in on the weekday Sunrise. She also has been a presenter on Seven’s late news updates.

JULIAN BARRATT born in Leeds, England - 1968 (49)* English actor, musician and comedian. He is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-wrote with comedy partner Noel Fielding.

MIKE DIRNT (Michael Pritchard) born in California - 1972 (45)* US musician. Bass player and backing vocalist for the punk rock band Green Day. They played their first concert in 12 months on April 16, 2015.

FELICITY URQUHART born in Tamworth, NSW - 1976 (41)* Australian country music singer-songwriter, and a TV and radio presenter. Her single Big Black Cloud, co-written with Randy Scruggs, reached No. 1 on Country Tracks National Top 30 Singles Chart in 2007. She has been the host of country music show Saturday Night Country on ABC Local Radio since March 2010.

LANCE BASS born in Laurel, Mississippi - 1979 (38)* Member of US group ‘N Sync. Their biggest hit to date is Bye Bye Bye (2000) which was featured on their top selling album No Strings Attached.

PATIENCE HODGSON born in - 1984 (33) * Lead singer with Brisbane three piece Indie rock band The Grates. Their debut album, Gravity Won’t Get You High, was released in 2006. It peaked at #9 on the ARIA chart. Their second album Teeth Lost, Hearts Won made No 6.

RORY McILROY born in Ireland - 1989 (28)* Northern Irish golfer. He was world No 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 95 weeks. He is a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 U.S Open with a tournament record lowest score under par (−16), 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship, and 2014 PGA Championship.

EventsGENE VINCENT recorded Be Bop A Lula - 1956.* The song became his biggest hit.

DANDENONG PANORAMIC (now Dandenong Lunar) drive-in opened in Melbourne - 1956.* It closed down in 1984 and then re-opened in September 2002.

GRAMMY AWARDS were presented for the first time - 1959.* Record and Song of the year was - Volare (Domenico Modugno). Album of the Year was The Music from Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini).

ANOTHER WORLD premiered on US television - 1964.* The soapie finally ended in 1999.

McDONALD’S “BIG MAC” hamburger was invented by Jim Delligatti - 1968.

MOODY BLUES formed - 1964.* In those days their lead singer was Denny Laine who later joined Paul McCartney in Wings.

FOUR STUDENTS were killed by National Guardsmen at Ohio’s State University during a demonstration against US incursions into Cambodia - 1970.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR opened at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre - 1972.* The Harry M Miller production ran for four years. Trevor White played Jesus and Jon English played Judas. Marcia Hines played Mary Magdalene (73-74), Reg Livermore played Herod (‘72-’73), Stevie Wright played Simon Zealotes and John Paul Young played Annas.

WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING, (up until 1996), Sears Tower in Chicago, was finally topped off - 1974.

MOE HOWARD of Three Stooges fame, died aged 77 - 1975. * He was born Moses Horwitz and was the brother to Sam (alias Shemp) and Jerome (alias Curly).

DARLING HARBOUR redevelopment in Sydney was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth - 1988.

JAMES PACKER and DAVID GYNGELL were involved in a street brawl on a Bondi Beach footpath - 2014. * Gyngell was best man at Packer’s wedding. He says he was the ‘instigator’ of the incident.

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Friday 5th May 2017Births

ANN B DAVIS (Ann Bradford Davis) born in Schenectady, New York - 1926. (Died aged 88 - 2014)* American actress. She played Alice Nelson (the housekeeper) in The Brady Bunch television series.* In 1976 she sold her home and began living in a small Christian community centre which served the homeless.* She has an identical twin Harriet.

TAMMY WYNETTE (Virginia Wynette Pugh) born in Tupelo, Mississippi - 1942. (Died aged 55 - 1997)* US country singer. Her biggest hit was in 1969 with Stand By Your Man. Tammy ‘stood by’ five husbands. Her fourth marriage was to country singer George Jones. In 1978 she married record producer George Richey.* At 17 she married her first husband and lived in an abandoned log house which had no plumbing or electricity. After the birth of her third child she divorced and then moved to Birmingham becoming a beautician before pursuing a career in country music.* She was a guest vocalist on the KLF 1992 hit Justified And Ancient.

MICHAEL PALIN born in Sheffield, England - 1943 (74)* English comedy actor, writer and former Monty Python’s Flying Circus performer. He starred in his own TV comedy Ripping Yarns. The programs were written by Palin and fellow Python Terry Jones. Nine episodes were produced between 1977-1979. * Since the 1990s he’s starred in a series of travel documentaries beginning with Around the World in 80 Days. Following each documentary he wrote a book about his travels. * He played ‘stuttering’ Ken in the movie A Fish Called Wanda. He based the stuttering movie character in A Fish Called Wanda on his father, a long time sufferer.

JOHN RHYS-DAVIES born in Wiltshire, England - 1944 (73)* Welsh actor. He played the role of the dwarf Gimli in the series of Lord of the Rings movies and Sallah in the Indiana Jones movies.

RICHARD E GRANT (Richard Esterhuysen) born in Swaziland - 1957 (60)* British-Swazi actor, director and TV presenter. He has appeared in over 80 films and television programs, such as Withnail And I, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jack & Sarah, L.A. Story, Dracula, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Gosford Park, The Iron Lady and Logan.

ROBERT DIPIERDOMENICO born in Hawthorn, Victoria - 1958 (59)* Former Australian Rules footballer. The Hawthorn wingman and premiership player (five premiership teams) was co-winner of the 1986 Brownlow Medal. For many years ‘Dipper’ worked in the media as a football ‘boundary rider’ for Channel 7 and with 3AW. * He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2007.

DOUG HAWKINS born in Victoria - 1960 (57)* Australian Rules footballer. The former Footscray captain spent his final playing year with Fitzroy and retired at the end of 1995. ‘Dougie’ and ex-Hawthorn player Jason Dunstall once headed the Triple M Melbourne morning program and hosted Live And Kicking on Channel 7.

TINA YOTHERS born in Whittier, California - 1973 (44)* American actress. She played the youngest daughter Jennifer Keaton in the 1980s television series Family Ties.

SAGE MOONBLOOD STALLONE born in Los Angeles, California - 1976. (Died aged 36 - 2012)* American actor. He played opposite his father in Rocky V (‘90) and Daylight (‘96). On July 13, 2012, Stallone was found dead in his home. On August 30, it was announced that he had died of atherosclerosis which caused a heart attack.

DIETER BRUMMER born in Sydney, NSW - 1976 (41)* Australian actor. He played Shane in TV’s Home and Away. In 1996 he won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor. In 1997 he joined the cast of Medivac playing Dr Sean Michaels.

CRAIG DAVID born in Southampton, England - 1981 (36)* English singer. He made No 1 in the UK with his first two singles, Fill Me In and 7 Days. In 2003 he combined with Sting on the hit Rise And Fall.

COREY PARKER born in Brisbane, Queensland - 1982 (35)* NRL player with the Brisbane Broncos. The former club captain made his debut in 2001. In March 2015 he played his 300th game. Parker was a part of the Broncos 2006 premiership team. He retired at end of season 2016.

ADELE (Adele Adkins) born in North London, England - 1988 (29)* English singer/songwriter. Her first album 19 debuted at No 1 in the UK. It was followed by 21 (also named after her age at time of recording.) 21 topped the charts in 30 countries and also won Grammy for Album Of The Year. It featured her worldwide No 1 hit single Someone Like You. In 2015 she released her third album 25. Like her previous albums it made No 1 in many countries including Australia as well as the debut single release Hello. * She toured Australia in 2017 and also married Simon Konecki.* In 2016 she was nominated for five Grammy Awards and won all five at the awards in 2017.* She sang the theme to the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.

CHRIS BROWN born in Tappahannock, Virginia - 1989 (28)* US r & b singer and dancer. He made his recording debut in late 2005 at the age of 16. His debut album Chris Brown featured the hit single Run It!, which topped the US singles chart making Brown the first male artist to have his debut single to top the chart. His second U.S. number one hit was Kiss Kiss. * He featured on Jordin Sparks’ No 1 2008 hit No Air. * In 2009 he pled guilty to felon assault of singer and then girlfriend Rihanna. He was placed on 5 years probation and six months of community service. Rihanna featured on his 2012 hit Turn Up The Music.

EventsHANGMAN’S NOOSE was used for the first time in London for the execution of Earl Ferrers - 1760.

CARNEGIE HALL opened in New York City - 1891.

CHANEL NO. 5, created by French fashion designer Coco Chanel with chemist Ernest Beaux, went on sale - 1921.

AMY JOHNSON commenced the first successful solo flight by a woman from England to Australia - 1930.* She arrived 23 days later at Darwin.

YOSEMITE SAM made his cartoon debut in Hare Trigger - 1945.

REV JOHN FLYNN, founder of The Royal Flying Doctor Service, died aged 70 in Sydney - 1951. * He was cremated and his remains are now under a large boulder from the Devils Marbles in Alice Springs.

ALAN SHEPARD became the first American astronaut in space - 1961.

CLIFF RICHARD recorded Summer Holiday at EMI’s Abbey Road studio - 1962.

WEST SIDE STORY soundtrack made No 1 on the US album charts and remained at the top for a record 54 weeks - 1962.

CHRISSIE HYNDE (Pretenders) married JIM KERR (Simple Minds) - 1984. * The couple met in Australia. They divorced in 1990.

PAUL HOGAN, 50, married LINDA KOZLOWSKI, 32, at his Byron Bay home - 1990. * They divorced in October 2013.

KERRY PACKER won a reported $27.98 million in Las Vegas - 1995.

“I LOVE YOU” virus affected millions of computers worldwide - 2000.

PATRICK JOHNSON, 30, became the first Australian sprinter to run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds (9.93) - 2003.

ANTHONY MUNDINE lost his World Super Middleweight title when he lost to Puerto Rican MANNY SIACA in Sydney - 2004.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA became the first state in Australia to ban PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS - 2009.

TALKIN’ BOUT YOUR GENERATION began on Australian television - 2009.

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Saturday 6th May 2017

BirthsRUDOLPH VALENTINO (Rodolfo Guglielmi) born in Italy - 1895. (Died aged 31 - 1926)* Hollywood silent movie star. In 1917 he made his first Hollywood film. He made his two biggest films in 1921 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Sheik.

STEWART GRANGER (James Stewart) born in London, England - 1913. (Died aged 80 - 1993)* British actor. His major movies include The Man In Grey (‘43), King Solomon’s Mines (‘50), Scaramouche (‘52) and North To Alaska (‘60). He worked extensively in European co-productions in the 1960s.* For 10 years he was married to English actress Jean Simmons.

ORSON WELLES born in Kenosha, Wisconsin - 1915. (Died aged 70 - 1985)* American director, producer, writer and actor. He is best remembered for his first film Citizen Kane (1941) which he made when he was only 25.* In 1938 he caused a panic in America with his realistic radio adaptation of H.G.Wells’ War Of The Worlds.

BOB SEGER born in Dearborn, Michigan - 1945 (72)* American singer/songwriter. In 1987 he had his biggest hit in Australia with Old Time Rock And Roll - which he first released in America in 1979. In 1983 Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton had a big seller with his song We’ve Got Tonight and Jon English had a hit in 1975 with his song Turn The Page.

ALAN DALE born in Dunedin, New Zealand - 1947 (70)* NZ-born actor. He was one of the original cast members of Neighbours and played the role of Jim Robinson. He moved to the US in the late ‘90s and landed a role in the US series 24 Hours. He’s also appeared in several episodes of The X Files and had a part in Star Trek: Nemesis. * He married Tracy Pearson in 1990 - a former Miss Australia and presenter on Our House.

MARY MacGREGOR born in St Paul, Minnesota - 1948 (69)* American singer. She had her only hit in 1976 with the million seller Torn Between Two Lovers, written by Peter Yarrow.

DAVEY JOHNSTONE born in Edinburgh, Scotland - 1951 (66)* Scottish guitarist. He joined Elton John’s backing band in 1972 and has now played over 2000 shows with Elton.

TONY BLAIR born in Edinburgh, Scotland - 1953 (64)* Former Prime Minister of Britain. Aged 43, he became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. Blair is the Labour Party’s longest-serving Prime Minister and the only person to have led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories. He was in power from May 1997 to June 2007.

GEORGE CLOONEY born in Lexington, Kentucky - 1961 (56)* US actor. In 2006 he was awarded with an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Syriana (2005). He was nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Descendants (2011) as well as Up In The Air (2009). He provided the voice of Mr Fox in the 2009 animated movie Fantastic Mr Fox. His other movies include Batman And Robin (’97), The Perfect Storm (2000), O Brother Where Art Thou (2001), Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and sequels. * On television he is best known for playing Dr Douglas Ross in ER. * He’s the nephew of the late Rosemary Clooney.* In 2014 he married British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

GINA RILEY born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1961 (56)* Australian comedienne. She plays Kim in the Australian TV comedy program, Kath & Kim which debuted on ABC TV in 2002. She has also played various comic characters in the TV shows Fast Forward, The Comedy Company and The Games. * In 2013, Riley revealed she was being treated for breast cancer. However she says that it was found early enough to be easily treated.

CHRIS SHIFLETT born in Santa Barbara, California - 1971 (46)* Us guitarist. Since 1999 he’s been the lead guitarist with the Foo Fighters. He also plays in the bands No Use For A Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

SUFFA (Matthew Lambert) born in - 1977 (40)* One of the MCs of the Adelaide group the Hilltop Hoods, an Australian hip hop group. They’ve had No 1 hit albums in Australia with The Hard Road, State Of The Heart, Drinking From The Sun and Walking Under Stars. In 2016 the group had their biggest hit single with 1955 that featured Montaigne and Tom Thum.

DOMINIC SCOTT KAY born in Los Angeles, California - 1996 (21)* US actor. He is probably best known for his cameo appearance in the Easter egg scene of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End as the son of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom). As a voice actor, he provided the voice of Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web and Buddha in the first Air Buddies film.

EventsFirst ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS, the Penny Black and the Twopenny Blue, went on sale in Britain - 1840.

ADELAIDE’s GPO opened - 1872.

HINDENBURG German airship exploded killing 36 of the 97 aboard - 1937.

WHITE CHRISTMAS was published - 1942.* The Irving Berlin song became the largest selling record of all time and was featured in the Bing Crosby film Holiday Inn.

ROGER BANNISTER broke the four minute mile at Oxford - 1954.* Seven weeks later Australia’s John Landy broke his record in a time of 3 minutes 57.9 seconds.

IN MELBOURNE TONIGHT, hosted by 23-year-old GRAHAM KENNEDY, began on GTV 9 - 1957.* The popular night time program continued until 1975. Some of the regular guests during its long history include; Bert Newton, Philip Brady, Peter Smith, Rosie Sturgess and Joff Ellen. * It was to be called The Late Show but Channel 7 used the title for their program which opened a week earlier. It was hosted by Noel Ferrier.

PRINCESS MARGARET married ANTHONY ARMSTRONG-JONES (Lord Snowdon) - 1960. (Divorced in 1978.)

KEITH RICHARDS came up with the guitar riff of (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - 1965.* Richards was staying at a US hotel when he recorded the famous guitar riff on a portable tapedeck which was by his motel bedside. He was so tired that he didn’t bother to play it back till the next day. According to Richards: “There was, like 30 seconds on this riff- and the rest is me snoring.” He suggested the title - “ I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” and Mick Jagger wrote the other lyrics.

BJORN AGAIN performed their first show at the Tote Hotel in Melbourne - 1989. * The Abba tribute band was created in 1988 in Melbourne by Rod Leissle and John Tyrell.

GUY WILLIAMS, American actor, was found dead aged 65 - 1989.* His decomposing body was found in his apartment in Argentina. He died of a brain aneurysm about a week earlier, and police discovered his body after neighbours complained about the strong odour of decay coming from the apartment.

MARLENE DIETRICH, German actress/singer, died aged 90 - 1992.* She lived out her twilight years away from the public.

CHANNEL TUNNEL (from France to England) officially opened - 1994.

GEOFF HARVEY left Channel 9 - 1999.* The musical director and pianist had been with the Nine Network for 38 years.

FRIENDS final program aired on US television - 2004. (Began in 1994.)

Actress GEENA DAVIS, 47, gave birth to twins Kian and Kaiis - 2004.

GRANT McLENNAN, frontman for the Queensland band the Go-Betweens, died aged 48 in his sleep - 2006.

ERROL BROWN, original lead singer with Hot Chocolate, died aged 71 of liver cancer - 2015.* He left Hot Chocolate in 1986. Their hits include You Sexy Thing, Emma and So You Win Again.

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Sunday 7th May 2017Births

GARY COOPER (Frank Cooper) born in Helena, Montana - 1901. (Died aged 60 - 1961)* American actor. He won Academy Awards for Best Actor in Sergeant York (‘42) and the popular western High Noon (‘52). He appeared in 107 movies.

‘HAPPY’ HAMMOND (Harold Hammond) born in Sydney, NSW - 1916. (Died aged 81 - 1998) * Melbourne TV/radio host and vaudeville performer. He hosted the ‘60s children’s TV program, The Happy Show.* He led the Geelong (VFL) players out onto the field when they played in their winning 1963 Grand Final.

DAVID TOMLINSON born in Scotland - 1917. (Died aged 83 - 2000)* Scottish actor. He had major roles in the ‘60s films Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Mary Poppins.

EVA PERON born in Argentina - 1919. (Died aged 33 - 1952)* Argentinean radio and film star known as ‘Evita’. She became the wife of Argentinian President Juan Peron. Their relationship was the subject of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Evita.

JIM LOWE born in Missouri - 1923. (Died aged 93 - 2016) * US singer and disc-jockey. Lowe had one big hit with The Green Door in 1956 (which Shakin’ Stevens revived in 1981). His radio announcing career ended in 2004 when he retired at the age of 77. He died aged 93 in 2016.

TERESA BREWER born in Toledo, Ohio - 1931. (Died aged 76 - 2007)* American pop and jazz singer. Her pop hits include Till I Waltz Again With You (‘53), Let Me Go Lover (’54), A Tear Fell (’56) and The Ballad Of Lover’s Hill (’63).

JIMMY RUFFIN born in Mississippi - 1936. (Died aged 78 - 2014) * American singer. His biggest seller was in 1966 with What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted. He’s the brother of the late David Ruffin (The Temptations).

JOHN BANNON born in Bendigo, Victoria - 1943. (Died aged 72 - 2015) * Australian politician. He was elected as South Australia’s Labor Premier in 1982, re-elected in 1985 and 1989 and stepped down as Premier in 1992.

PETER CAREY born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria - 1943 (74)* Australian author. In 2001 he won a second Booker Prize for The True History of the Kelly Gang. His first was for Oscar And Lucinda. His other books include: The Fat Man In History, War Crimes. * He co-wrote the screenplay of the film Bliss.

RICHARD O’SULLIVAN born in London, England - 1944 (73)* British comic actor. He starred in the comedy TV programs A Man About The House, Robin’s Nest and Me And My Girl.

THELMA HOUSTON born in Leland, Mississippi - 1946 (71)* US singer. She had her biggest hit in 1976 with the disco song Don’t Leave Me This Way. It made No 1 in the US. In 2000 she was in Australia starring in Fame - The Musical.

MARTY RHONE (Karel van Rhoon) born in Java, Indonesia - 1948 (69) * Australian singer of Dutch-Indonesian descent. His two biggest hits were Denim And Lace (‘75) and Mean Pair Of Jeans (‘77). * In the mid 1970s he took on acting roles in the stage musical Godspell and the TV series The Class of ‘75.

PETE WINGFIELD born in Hampshire, England - 1948 (69)* British musician and producer. He had a novelty hit in 1975 with Eighteen With A Bullet.* He’s played keyboards for the Everly Brothers and has also featured on a few of Cliff Richard’s recordings including the 1986 update of Living Doll (with the Young Ones).

PETER RECKELL born in Elkhart, Indiana - 1955 (62)* American actor. He plays the role of Bo Brady in the US TV soap Days Of Our Lives. He’s been in the series since 1983.

BRYAN CRANSTON born in San California - 1956 (62)* US actor. He is best known for portraying Walter White in the TV crime drama series Breaking Bad, Hal in the comedy series Malcolm in the Middle and Dr Tim Whatley in the NBC comedy series Seinfeld. He starred in the 2015 American biographical drama film Trumbo.

STEPHEN QUARTERMAIN born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1962 (55) * Australian sports commentator. In 2013, he became the Friday presenter of Melbourne’s Ten News At Five and also joined radio station 3AW as an AFL commentator. He was heard on Triple M from 1997 to 2011.

TRACI LORDS born in Stubenville, Ohio - 1968 (49)* US actress and singer. She played Rikki in the TV soap Melrose Place.

TANIA DOKO (Tania Dokolari) born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1974 (43) * Australian singer. One half of Bachelor Girl (with James Roche). They formed in 1992 and had their biggest hit with their debut single, Buses and Trains, which became an international hit.

DUSTIN FLETCHER born in Victoria - 1975 (42)* AFL footballer with Essendon Football Club. He is the son of former Essendon player Ken Fletcher. He played 400 games and retired at end of season 2015. Dustin, who played at full-back for most of his career and played in Essendon’s last premiership win in 2000.

KYLIE WATSON born in Gosford, NSW - 1978 (39)* Australian actress and model. She played Shauna Bradley in the local soapie Home And Away. Now works as an interior designer.

DANIEL SWEETMAN born in - 1985 (32)* Australian TV presenter and musician. He was co-host of Network Ten’s national cartoon show Toasted TV. He’s now a Senior Pastor at a church in Brisbane.

MARK FURZE born in Orange, NSW - 1986 (31)* Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Eric “Ric” Dalby on the Australian soapie Home and Away. He left to pursue a music career. Furze appeared as a contestant on the UK TV show Soapstar Superstar finishing third.

EventsDYNAMITE was patented for the first time in the UK by Alfred Nobel - 1867.

COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB played their first game (VFA) against Carlton - 1892.

England lowered age of WOMEN VOTERS from 30 to 21 - 1928.

Patent for RAY BAN SUNGLASSES was issued - 1937.

GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA recorded Chattanooga Choo Choo - 1941.

REGINALD KENNETH DWIGHT formally changed his name by deed poll to ELTON HERCULES JOHN - 1972.

HARRY M MILLER was sentenced to three years jail after being found guilty of five charges of fraud relating to his company Computicket - 1982.

TING MING SIONG of Malaysia was best man for the 408th time since 1976! - 1988.

THE SCREAM by Edvard Munch, Norway’s most famous painting, was recovered almost three months after it was stolen from an Oslo museum - 1994.

EDDIE RABBITT, US singer/songwriter, died aged 53 - 1998.* He died of cancer. He got his big break when Elvis recorded his song Kentucky Rain. His biggest hits were I Love A Rainy Night and Every Which Way But Loose.

MICHAEL DOOHAN suffered a broken right leg, shoulder and left wrist, when he crashed his Honda motorcycle whilst racing in Spain - 1999.

VLADIMIR PUTIN was inaugurated as President of Russia - 2000.

RICHARD CARLETON, 60 Minutes reporter, died aged 62 of a heart attack during a press conference on the trapped miners in Beaconsfield, Tasmania - 2006.

SEVE BALLESTEROS, Spanish golfer, died aged 54 of brain cancer - 2011.

TRACY GRIMSHAW was involved in a horse riding accident (believed to be at her property) in Sydney’s north-western suburbs - 2015.

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World Red Cross Day Monday 8th May 2017

BirthsSID JAMES (Solomon Cohen) born in South Africa - 1913. (Died aged 62 - 1976) * British comic actor. Star of the Carry On movies as well as his own TV series Bless This House. He also featured in most of the Hancock Half-Hour radio and TV programs. * On 26 April 1976, while on a revival tour of The Mating Season, he suffered a heart attack on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre. He died about an hour later.

SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH born in London, England - 1926 (91)* British naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting several TV wildlife and nature programs including the Life TV series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit. His books include The Trials of Life, Life on Earth and Living Planet.* He is the younger brother of British film actor and director Sir Richard Attenborough.

DON RICKLES born in New York - 1926. (Died aged 90 - 2017) * US comedian. His trademark was his insulting humour. He was a regular on Dean Martin’s Celebrity Roasts and starred in the television comedy CPO Sharkey.* He provided the voice of Mr Potato Head in the Toy Story movies.

‘SONNY’ LISTON (Charles Liston) born in Sand Slough, Arkansas - 1932. (Died aged 38 -1970)* US boxer. The former heavyweight world boxing champion lost his title to Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) in 1964.

RICK NELSON (Eric Nelson) born in Teaneck, New Jersey - 1940. (Died aged 45 - 1985)* US singer and actor. His career began when he appeared with his parents and brother in the TV series The Adventures of Ozzie And Harriet. In 1957 he recorded his first single I’m Walkin’. His other hits include Hello Mary Lou, Poor Little Fool, It’s Late, Travelin’ Man and Garden Party.* On New Year’s eve 1985 Rick, his fiancee and six others died in a plane crash.

TONI TENNILLE (Cathyrn Antoinette Tennille) born in Montgomery, Alabama - 1940 (77) * US singer. As Captain & Tennille, Toni and her husband Daryl Dragon (alias ‘Captain’) had their biggest hit with the Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield song Love Will Keep Us Together in 1975. * Tennille filed for divorce after 39 years of marriage in 2014. Husband Daryl said he was unaware of any discontent.

GARY GLITTER (Paul Gadd) born in England - 1944 (73)* English singer. On 5 February 2015 he was convicted of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having relations with a girl under the age of 13. He was acquitted of the three other counts. On 27 February 2015 he was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

CHRIS FRANTZ (Charlton Frantz) born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky - 1951 (66)* Drummer with US group Talking Heads. His wife Tina Weymouth was also in the band and played bass guitar. They also front their own band the Tom Tom Club.

PHILIP BAILEY born in Denver, Colorado - 1951 (66)* American singer. Vocalist and percussionist with the nine man-band Earth Wind & Fire. In 1984 he combined with Phil Collins on the hit Easy Lover.

BILLY BURNETTE (Dorsey William Burnette) born in Memphis, Tennessee - 1953 (64) * US musician. A former guitarist with Fleetwood Mac, he’s the son of singer Dorsey Burnette.

ANTHONY FIELD born in Sydney, NSW - 1963 (54)* Australian musician. He’s a member of the internationally successful Australian children’s group The Wiggles. He’s now the only original member in the group with Murray, Jeff and Greg retiring from touring in December 2012. Prior to the Wiggles Anthony played with some of his brothers and fellow Wiggle Jeff Fatt in The Cockroaches. * He’s the youngest of eight children.

MELISSA GILBERT born in Los Angeles, California - 1964 (53)* US actress. She played young Laura in the long running television series Little House On The Prairie.

DAVE O’NEIL born in Richmond, Victoria - 1965 (52)* Australian comedian and radio presenter. Former member of the breakfast team on Melbourne radio station Classic Rock (formerly Vega 91.5). Prior to that he was a member of the Nova 100 Melbourne breakfast show.

MICHAEL BEVAN born in Belconnen, ACT - 1970 (47)* Australian cricketer. He was a part of Australia’s victorious World Cup sides in 1999 and 2003. Bevan made his first-class debut in 1989-90 playing for South Australia. He’s also played for NSW, Yorkshire, Sussex and Leicestershire.

DARREN HAYES born in Brisbane, Queensland - 1972 (45)* Australian singer. Former lead singer for Savage Garden. Darren and his partner Daniel Jones split at the end of 2001. In 2002 he released his debut solo album Spin which made No 1 in Australia and the UK. His first solo hit single was Insatiable. * In 1999 Savage Garden became the first Australian act in 18 years to score two No 1 records in America when I Knew I Loved You made the top. Their first No 1 was in 1998 with To The Moon And Back. Their 2000 hits include Affirmation and Crash And Burn.

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS born in Madrid, Spain - 1975 (42)* Spanish singer and son of Julio Iglesias. He had No 1 hits in Australia in 2001 with Hero and I Like It (2011). He also had a major hit in 2000 with Could I Have This Kiss Forever - recorded with Whitney Houston.* He dedicated his first album to his nanny, Elvira. She was the only person who knew that he dreamed about becoming a singer.

EventsFirst VICTORIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE game was played - 1897.* The VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no “reserves” (although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).

WA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION was formed at the Criterion Hotel in Perth - 1885.

COCA-COLA was introduced - 1886.* Its creator was John S. Pemberton and first went on sale at Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT was abolished in Sweden - 1921.

BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA ended after four days - 1942.* HMAS Hobart and Australia were involved in a battle with the Japanese around Port Moresby and Northern Queensland. The Japanese fleet eventually turned back and abandoned its attempt to capture Port Moresby.

VE DAY (victory in Europe) was celebrated - 1945.

First JAMES BOND film, Dr No, premiered in America in Denver, Colorado - 1963.

ANNE-MARGRET married ROGER SMITH - 1967. (Still together.)

A PROTEST MARCH which involved between 70,000 to 100,000 marched through the streets of Melbourne to protest Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War - 1970.

THE BEATLES’ final album of new material Let It Be was released in UK - 1970.

REINHOLD MESSNER (Italy) and PETER HABELER (Austria) made the first successful ascent of Mt Everest without supplemental oxygen - 1978.

CROWN CASINO officially opened in Melbourne - 1997.

GARRY CARPENTER of New Zealand ate a record 37 Weet-Bix in one sitting - 1998.

DANA PLATO, US actress, committed suicide aged 34 - 1999.

MUTHIAH MURALITHARAN, Sri Lankan cricketer, took a record 520th wicket beating Courtney Walsh’s record to become the highest wicket taker in the history of Test cricket - 2004.

KARAOKE was performed by a record 1,815 students from 19 Victorian schools at the Croydon Secondary College’s oval in Melbourne - 2006.

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Tuesday 9th May 2017Births

RICARDO ‘PANCHO’ GONZALES born in Los Angeles, California - 1928. (Died aged 67 - 1995)* American tennis champion. He won the US national singles title in 1948 and 1949, eight professional singles titles from 1953 to 1961 and earned doubles titles at Wimbledon and the French Open in 1949.

JOAN SIMS (Irene Joan Sims) born in Essex, England - 1930. (Died aged 71 - 2001)* British actress. She appeared in numerous UK comedies such as the Carry On and St Trinians films plus over 100 TV productions including Dennis Waterman’s TV series On The Up.

GLENDA JACKSON born in Cheshire, England - 1936 (81)* British actress and Labour Party M.P. She won Academy Awards for Best Actress in Women In Love (‘69) and A Touch Of Class (‘72). She also received much praise as the star in the title role of the BBC television series Elizabeth I.

ALBERT FINNEY born in Salford, England - 1936 (81)* English actor. He has five Oscar nominations but has never won one. He was nominated for Best Actor four times, for Tom Jones (‘63), Murder On The Orient Express (‘74), The Dresser (‘83), Under The Volcano (‘84), Big Fish (2003) and Skyfall (2012). He was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich. * He appeared and sang in the musical films: Scrooge (‘70) as Scrooge and Annie (‘82) as Daddy Warbucks.

DAVE PRATER born in Georgia - 1937. (Died aged 50 - 1988)* One half of the US duo of Sam & Dave. They had their biggest hit in Australia with Hold On I’m Coming in 1968.

KEN WARBY born in Newcastle, NSW - 1939 (78)* Australian world water-speed record holder. In 1978 he became the first person to break the 500 kmh barrier when his Spirit Of Australia reached 511.11 kmh.

LLOYD J WILLIAMS born in - 1940 (77) * Australian property developer and businessman and a major figure in Thoroughbred horse racing. He’s the founder of Melbourne’s Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex.

TOMMY ROE born in Atlanta, Georgia - 1942 (75)* US singer. In 1969 he had his biggest seller with Dizzy. His other ‘60s hits include Sweet Pea, Heather Honey and Jam Up And Jelly Tight.

CANDICE BERGEN born in Beverley Hills, California - 1946 (71)* American actress and daughter of the famous ventriloquist Edger Bergen. She starred in the US television comedy series Murphy Brown (1988-1998).

BILLY JOEL born in Bronx, New York - 1949 (68)* American singer/songwriter. His first big hit came in 1976 with Piano Man. According to Joel his three biggest hits are The River of Dreams, It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll To Me and Uptown Girl. His other major sellers include Just The Way You Are, My Life, You’re Only Human and We Didn’t Start The Fire. His last chart entries were in 1993 with River Of Dreams (#1 in Australia) and All About Soul. His last album was in 2001 – it was Fantasies And Delusions - a classical composition.* In 2015, aged 66, he married his 33 year old girlfriend Alexis Roderick. It was his 4th marriage.

ALLEY MILLS born in Chicago, Illinois - 1951 (66)* US actress. She played the mother, Norma Arnold, in the Wonder Years TV series.

JANA WENDT born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1956 (61) * Australian TV host and reporter. She made her TV newsreading debut in 1979 on Network 10. In 1982 she joined 60 Minutes and in 1988 succeeded Mike Willesee as host of A Current Affair. Since then she’s also had stints with Channel 7 (Witness), SBS (Dateline) and has hosted Sunday. * She has an Honors degree in French and Philosophy.

JENNY TURRELL born in - 1960 (57) * Australian swimmer. She became our youngest gold medal winner when at 13 years and 8 months old, she won gold in the 400 metres Freestyle Swimming at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games. Also represented Australia in the Montreal Olympic games.

JOHN CORBETT born in Wheeling, West Virginia - 1961 (56)* US actor. Played the DJ Chris Stevens in the TV series Northern Exposure. He was the leading male role in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and starred in the TV series United States Of Tara as Max Gregson.

DAVE GAHAN born in Epping, England - 1962 (55)* Lead singer for Depeche Mode. The all-synthesized band had their biggest hit in Australia in 1982 with Just Can’t Get Enough.

KIM HART born in New Zealand - 1960 (57)* NZ singer. She had a top 10 hit in Australia with Love At First Night in 1980.

PIERRE BOUVIER born in Quebec, Canada - 1979 (38)* Canadian singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer for the pop punk band Simple Plan. Their hits include: Addicted, Perfect, Welcome To My Life and Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me). In 2016 they had hit success with the album Taking One For The Team.

GRANT HACKETT born in Southport, Queensland - 1980 (37)* Australian swimmer. He won two gold medals at the 2000 Olympic Games and a further gold medal in 2004 at Athens. A former captain of the Australian Swimming team, he retired in 2008. * He married singer Candice Alley in 2007. They had a much publicised split in 2012 and divorced in 2013.

EventsPUNCH & JUDY SHOW stage play was first performed at Covent Garden - 1662.

First rotary-blade LAWN MOWER was patented by John Albert Burr - 1899.

FEDERAL PARLIAMENT met for the first time in Melbourne in the Exhibition Building - 1901.

JACK DYER made his VFL debut with Richmond as 19th man - 1931.* “Captain Blood” went on to play 312 games and finished his playing career in 1949.

PRINCE RAINIER III became the leader of Monaco - 1949.* He married actress Grace Kelly in 1956.

VERTIGO, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, premiered in US - 1958.* It starred James Stewart and Kim Novak.

LANA TURNER married her seventh husband Ronald Dante in Las Vegas - 1969.

ALDO MORO, Italian Prime Minister, was found murdered almost eight weeks after his kidnapping by terrorists - 1978.

ADAM & THE ANTS’ hit Stand And Deliver entered the British charts at No 1 - 1981.* Stuart Goddard (alias Adam) and his group had three No 1 hits in the UK within 12 months and then disappeared from the pop music scene.

WORLD’S LONGEST BASEBALL MATCH lasted 8 hr 6 min when the Chicago White Sox finally defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 - 1984.

New PARLIAMENT HOUSE on Capital Hill was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth - 1988.

FRONTLINE debuted on ABC TV - 1994.* The comedy starred Rob Sitch as Mike Moore. 39 episodes were produced up until 1997.

RENEE ZELLWEGGER, 36, married US country singer KENNY CHESNEY, 37, on the island of St John in the Virgin Islands group - 2005.* The union only lasted a few months and they both sought to have their marriage annulled.

Australian miners BRANT WEBB and TODD RUSSELL were rescued after being trapped for two weeks in the Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania - 2006.

JACK GIBSON, Australian rugby league player and coach, died aged 79 - 2008.

LIONEL ROSE, Australian Aboriginal boxer, died aged 62 - 2011.

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Wednesday 10th May 2017

BirthsFRED ASTAIRE (Frederick Austerlitz) born in Nebraska - 1899. (Died aged 88 - 1987)* US actor and dancer. His first major movie was Flying Down To Rio in 1933. His co-star was Ginger Rogers. The couple made 10 films together. Top Hat (‘35) and Swing Time (‘36) are considered to be two of their best movies.

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD born in England - 1933 (84)* British romance novelist. Along with many fiction novels, she has written children’s books and eight books on decorating. Her debut book was A Woman Of Substance.

LARRY WILLIAMS born in New Orleans - 1935. (Died aged 44 - 1980)* US rock ‘n roll singer. He had two hits in 1957 - Short Fat Fannie and Bony Moronie.v In 1980 he apparently took his own life when he shot himself at his LA home.

GARY OWENS (Gary Altman) born in Mitchell, South Dakota - 1934. (Died aged 80 - 2015) * US radio announcer and a regular on the Laugh-In television comedy. He narrated hundreds of US cartoons including The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Garfield The Cat. He also provided the voice of Roger Ramjet.

DANNY RAPP born in Pennsylvania - 1941. (Died aged 41 - 1983) * Lead singer for Danny & the Juniors who hit No 1 in the US in 1958 with At The Hop. * He committed suicide in an Arizona hotel room in April 1983.

BOB ELLIS (Robert Ellis) born in Lismore, NSW - 1942. (Died aged 73 - 2016) * Australian writer, journalist, filmmaker and political commentator. Ellis wrote several film scripts, notably The Nostradamus Kid (1992) - based on his life, Man of Flowers (1983, with Paul Cox), Goodbye Paradise (1983), and Newsfront (1978). He wrote speeches for a number of Labor leaders such as Bob Carr, Paul Keating and Kim Beazley and also wrote extensively on Labor history.

DAVE MASON born in Worcester, England - 1946 (71) * Guitarist with UK ‘60s band Traffic. He wrote their biggest hit Hole In My Shoe (‘67). Mason played with Fleetwood Mac in 1993.

DONOVAN (Leitch) born in Glasgow, Scotland - 1946 (71)* Scottish singer/songwriter. From 1965-1969 he had several big hits including Catch The Wind, Jennifer Juniper, Sunshine Superman, Mellow Yellow and his last chart entry Barabajagal which featured Jeff Beck on guitar. * His daughter Ione is an actress. In 2008 she married Australian singer/songwriter Ben Lee.

GRAHAM GOULDMAN born in Manchester, England - 1946 (71)* English songwriter and an original member of 10CC. Their ‘70s hits include I’m Not In Love, The Things We Do For Love, Rubber Bullets and Dreadlock Holiday.* He wrote some of Britain’s biggest ‘60s pop hits such as - No Milk Today, Listen People (Herman’s Hermits), Bus Stop (Hollies) and For Your Love (Yardbirds). He wrote his first hit - For Your Love, when he was 19. * He had a solo hit with Sunburn.

BONO (Paul Hewson) born in Dublin, Ireland - 1960 (57)* Lead singer with Irish rock band U2. The group have had the same four members since they formed at Dublin’s Temple Mount High School. In 2014 U2 released their 13th studio album Songs Of Innocence. * U2 first received Grammy Awards for the The Joshua Tree in 1988, and they have now won more Grammys than any other group. In 2006 U2 won five Grammy awards including album of the year (How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb) and song of the year (Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own).* Their albums The Unforgettable Fire (‘84), Rattle And Hum (‘88), Achtung Baby (‘91), Zooropa (‘93) and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (2004) have all made No 1 down under. Their hit singles include With Or Without You, When Love Comes to Town, All I Want Is You, Beautiful Day, The Fly and Sweetest Thing.

LINDA EVANGELISTA born in Ontario, Canada - 1965 (52)* Canadian model. She is known as “The Chameleon”, both for her frequent hair changes and for the way she can transform herself in front of a camera. She once said: “I don’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day.”

GREG FASALA born in - 1965 (52)* A part of the bald-headed Australian swimming team known as the ‘Mean Machine’ who competed in the 1984 LA Olympics.

YOUNG M.C. (Marvin Young) born in London, England - 1967 (50)* UK rap singer born of Jamaican parents. He had his debut hit in 1990 with Bust A Move which made No 1 in Australia.

BOB SINCLAR (Christophe Le Friant) born in France - 1969 (48) * French record producer and music DJ. In 2005 he made No 1 on the Australian charts with Love Generation.

CHAS LICCIARDELLO born in Sydney, NSW - 1977 (40)* Australian comedian. He is best known for being a member of the TV comedy team The Chaser’s War On Everything and CNNNN. He is a Script Comedy Consultant for the ABC topical news show Hungry Beast.

NICKY WHELAN born in Victoria - 1981 (36)* Australian actress and TV presenter. She played Pepper Steiger in Neighbours and also appeared in the US TV series Scrubs. Nicky was a presenter on Coxy’s Big Break and Beyond The Boundary.* She married American footballer Kerry Rhodes in April 2017.

EventsJOHN NEWTON, who penned Amazing Grace, was converted to the Christian faith - 1748.* On this day he cried out to God during a violent storm whilst on board a ship. The storm passed and he was inspired to write the well known hymn Amazing Grace.

MOTHER’S DAY was first observed at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in West Virginia - 1908.* The tradition was started by Miss Anna Jarvis who wanted to honour her mother who had passed away three years earlier.

CLARENCE ‘CLARRIE’ GRIMMETT, NZ born Australian cricketer, took 10 wickets for 37 versus Yorkshire at Sheffield - 1930.

WINSTON CHURCHILL became Britain’s Prime Minister - 1940.

ROLLING STONES recorded their first single Come On - 1963.* The song was written by Chuck Berry and was only a minor hit in the UK where it went to No 21.* It was also on this day 1965 that they began recording Satisfaction at Chicago’s Chess Studios. ERIC CLAPTON recorded Bob Marley’s I Shot The Sheriff - 1974.

JOAN CRAWFORD, American actress, died aged 73 - 1977.

FRANCOIS MITTERRAND became the President of France - 1981.

NEVILLE WRAN stepped aside as NSW premier after allegations that he sought to influence a magistrate - 1983.

TOMMY LEE (Motley Crue) married actress HEATHER LOCKLEAR - 1986.* Lee and Locklear divorced and in 1995 he married actress Pamela Anderson.

PETER HILARY (son of Sir Edmund Hilary) completed his climb of Mt Everest - 1990.

NELSON MANDELA was sworn in as the first black President Of South Africa - 1994.

BOB GELDOF was divorced from PAULA YATES - 1996.

GIORGIO ARMANI, 61, pleaded guilty to bribery charges stemming from a 1992 investigation of widespread political corruption - 1996.

SHEL SILVERSTEIN, US author/ songwriter (A Boy Named Sue, Sylvia’s Mother, One’s On The Way), died aged 66 - 1999.

UK singer SEAL married model HEIDI KLUM - 2005. * They filed for divorce in April 2012.

JESSICA JACOBS, who played Melanie, sister of Lisa, in The Saddle Club, was killed aged 17 after being hit by a train at Melbourne’s Cheltenham station - 2008.

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Thursday 11th May 2017

BirthsIRVING BERLIN (Israel Baline) born in Siberia, Russia - 1888. (Died aged 101 - 1989)* American songwriter. He wrote nearly 1000 songs including White Christmas, God Bless America, There’s No Business Like Showbusiness, Puttin’ On The Ritz and Blue Skies.

SALVADOR DALI born in Spain - 1904. (Died aged 85 - 1989)* Eccentric surrealist Spanish artist. One of his most famous paintings was his depiction of The Last Supper.

PHIL SILVERS (Philip Silversmith) born in Brooklyn, New York - 1911. (Died aged 74 - 1985) * US actor. He was one of America’s top TV stars of the ‘50s and is best remembered for playing the character Sergeant Bilko.

DENVER PYLE born in Colorado - 1920. (Died aged 77 - 1997)* American actor. He was one of the stars in the 1967 film Bonnie And Clyde and was a regular in the TV series Wyatt Earp (1956-’59), The Doris Day Show (1968-’69) and Dukes Of Hazard (‘79-’85).

FRANK THRING born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1926. (Died aged 68 - 1994)* Australian actor. His Hollywood films include: El Cid, King Of Kings, The Vikings and Ben-Hur.

JEANNE LITTLE (Jeanne Mitchell) born in Sydney, NSW - 1938 (79)* Australian entertainer. In 1974 she opened a fashion boutique and six months later appeared on The Mike Walsh Show displaying her outrageous maternity wear. * She’s appeared in the Australian stage productions of Jerry’s Girls, Legends and Hello Dahling. In the US and Australia she’s also starred in her one-woman show Marlene (which was written by her husband).* In February 2011, it was announced by her family that she was suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and was being cared for in a nursing home. * In 1977 she won the TV Week Gold Logie as Most Popular Female personality.

JOHNNY DEVLIN born in New Zealand - 1938 (79)* NZ singer. His first single Lawdy Miss Clawdy became the first record in New Zealand to receive a gold record. He wrote a couple of hits for other artists such as Good Lookin’ Boy for Patsy Ann Noble and Surfside for the Denvermen.

IAN REDPATH born in Geelong, Victoria - 1941 (76)* Australian cricketer. A former Australian vice-captain, he played in 66 Tests from 1964-’76. He was the last Australian Test cricketer to play as an amateur.

ERIC BURDON born in Newcastle-On-Tyne, England - 1941 (76)* English singer. He was lead vocalist for the Animals who formed in 1960. It was their second release House Of The Rising Sun which was their biggest seller going to No 1 in 1964 in UK, US and Australia. The original Animals split in 1966 and Eric headed to San Francisco and formed a new outfit. Some of their hits included San Franciscan Nights, Monterey, When I Was Young and Sky Pilot. * In the ‘70s he recorded with the American band War and had a hit with Spill The Wine.

PHIL SMYTH born in Adelaide, SA - 1958 (59)* Australian basketball coach and former player. A former head coach of the Adelaide 36ers, he took them to three championship titles - in 1998, 1999 and 2003 - after also winning three championships as a player. As a player, he made his NBL debut with St Kilda in 1982. Also played with Canberra Cannons, Adelaide 36ers and Sydney Kings.

NATASHA RICHARDSON born in London, England - 1963. (Died aged 45 - 2009)* English actress and daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave. She was also the sister of actress Joely Richardson. Natasha was a star in Widow’s Peak (‘94) and Maid In Manhattan (2002). She died in March 2009 following a head injury sustained when she fell during a skiing lesson in Canada.* She married actor Liam Neeson in 1994.

JAMES BRAYSHAW born in Subiaco, WA - 1967 (50)* Australian TV/radio presenter and former WA State cricketer. He was a co-host of Channel 9’s AFL Footy Show and is currently a co-host of The Rush Hour on Triple M as well as a football commentator. He’s a former chairman of the North Melbourne Football Club.

GUY McKENNA born in WA - 1969 (48)* AFL player with the West Coast Eagles. The former club captain played 268 games. He played in the Eagles 1992 and 1994 premiership teams. He was the coach of the Gold Coast Suns AFL team from their debut in 2011 until the end of season 2014.

DEAN CAPOBIANCO born in WA - 1970 (47)* Australian Olympic sprinter. He won the Stawell Gift in 1990 and became the fastest white man in the world when he came 5th in Stuttgart. The IAAF later found Capobianco guilty of taking steroids and suspended him until the year 2000.

ANITA HEGH born in - 1972 (45)* Australian actress. She played Ellen ‘Mac’ Mackenzie in the TV drama Stingers (1998-2002).* She appeared in an AAMI TV commercial playing a mature driver being confronted with her younger self.

LAUREN JACKSON born in Albury, NSW - 1981 (36)* Australian basketball player. She played with Canberra Capitals and America’s Seattle Storm. Lauren is universally considered to be the best Australian female basketball player of all time.

HOLLY VALLANCE (Holly Vukadinovic) born in New Zealand - 1983 (34)* Australian actress and singer. She spent 2 years playing Felicity “Flick” Scully in Neighbours. She made No 1 in 2002 with her debut single Kiss Kiss. * Played Nika Volek in the TV series Prison Break (2005-2006).

BEAU RYAN born in Wollongong, NSW - 1985 (32)* NRL player with Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Wests Tigers. He retired in June 2014 due to a neck injury. Since 2009 he’s been a regular on The Footy Show. In 2014 he released a single Where You From? that featured Justice Crew.

EventsTHE WALTZ was introduced into English ballrooms - 1812.

SIAM officially changed its name back to THAILAND - 1949.

Sydney’s NORTH SHORE TIMES first edition was printed - 1960.

JOHNNY CHESTER’s first single The Hokey Pokey was released - 1961.

PAUL TULLY of Brisbane ate 30 bags of potato chips in 24 minutes without a drink of water - 1969.

PARTRIDGE FAMILY recorded I Think I Love You - 1970.* The only TV cast members on the recording were David Cassidy and his step-mother Shirley Jones on vocals.

CATS premiered at the New London Theatre - 1981.* It became the longest running musical on Broadway and the West End. It closed on Broadway in September 2000.

BOB MARLEY, Jamaican reggae singer/songwriter, died aged 36 of cancer - 1981.

TIMOTHY MACARTNEY-SNAPE of Australia became the first person to climb Mt Everest starting from sea level - 1990.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND played their first gig at a private rooftop party in Charlottesville - 1991.

ALLAN BORDER announced his retirement as Australia’s Test cricket captain - 1994.

TERENCE LEWIS, former Queensland Police Commissioner, was released from prison to home detention - 1998.* He had been sentenced for official corruption in 1991.

A JACKSON POLLOCK drip painting ‘Number 12, 1949’, sold for $16.7 million setting a world auction record - 2004.

DAVID CAMERON, 43-year-old British Conservative leader, became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in 200 years after the Liberal Democrats agreed to a coalition deal with the Conservative Party - 2010.

REG GASNIER, Australian rugby league player, died aged 74 - 2014.

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International Nurses Day Friday 12th May 2017

BirthsFLORENCE NIGHTINGALE born in Florence, Italy - 1820. (Died aged 90 - 1910)* The ‘Lady With The Lamp’ is remembered as the founder of modern nursing.

KATHARINE HEPBURN born in Hartford, Connecticut - 1907. (Died aged 96 - 2003)* American actress. She co-starred with Spencer Tracy in 10 films and won Academy Awards for Best Actress in Morning Glory (‘33), Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? (‘67), The Lion In Winter (‘68) and On Golden Pond (‘82). Received the most Oscar nominations (12) and the most Oscar wins (4) in an acting category in history.

TONY HANCOCK born in Birmingham, England - 1924. (Died aged 44 - 1968)* English comedian. He starred in his own radio and TV series Hancock’s Half Hour. * Depression and alcoholism led to suicide. He took his life in a Sydney flat in Australia in 1968.

BURT BACHARACH born in Kansas City, Missouri - 1928 (89)* American songwriter. Many of his best-known songs he wrote with lyricist Hal David. They include - What’s New Pussycat (Tom Jones), This Guy’s In Love With You (Herb Alpert), I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Dusty Springfield), I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (Bobbie Gentry), Alfie (Cilla Black) and several hits recorded by Dionne Warwick.* He’s been married four times. His former wives include actress Angie Dickinson and songwriter Carole Bayer Sager.

ROSEMARY MARGAN born in - 1937 (80)* Melbourne radio and TV presenter. The first “Maclean’s Toothpaste Girl” worked for many years on Graham Kennedy’s IMT and was also GTV 9’s longest serving “weather girl.” For many years she was heard presenting commercials on Neil Mitchell’s program on 3AW. (Mitchell is her brother-in-law.) * She was 9 times Victorian water skiing champion.

SUSAN HAMPSHIRE born in London, England - 1937 (80)* English actress. She played Fleur in the British TV series The Forsyte Saga.

BILLY SWAN born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri - 1942 (75)* American singer. His one big hit was in 1974 with I Can Help. * Produced the 1969 Tony Joe White hit Polk Salad Annie.

IAN DURY born in Essex, England - 1942. (Died aged 57 - 2000)* English singer. In 1979 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick went to No 1 in the UK and Australia for Dury and his band The Blockheads. They had their second biggest seller down under in 1981 with I Want To Be Straight.

STEVE WINWOOD born in Birmingham, England - 1948 (69)* English musician. He began his career as the teenage lead vocalist for the Spencer Davis Group. In the 1960s he was also a member of Traffic and the short lived super group Blind Faith. * In 1980 his solo career took off with the hit While You See A Chance. One of his biggest sellers in Australia was his 1986 single Higher Love.

BRUCE BOXLEITNER born in Elgin, Illinois - 1950 (67)* US actor. He played Capt. John Sheridan in the ‘90s sc-fi TV series Babylon 5 and in the ‘80s series Scarecrow And Mrs King.

GABRIEL BYRNE born in Dublin, Ireland - 1950 (67)* Irish actor. His films include Little Women, The Usual Suspects, The Man In The Iron Mask and The End Of Days. He starred in the TV series In Treatment (2008-2010) and appeared in the early episodes of The Vikings.* He was married for 6 years to actress Ellen Barkin.

KIX BROOKS (Leon Brooks) born in Shreveport, Louisiana - 1955 (62)* US country singer and musician. He’s one half of the music duo Brooks & Dunn. The group have won more Country Music Association awards and Academy of Country Music awards than any act in the history of country music.

LISA ONDIEKI-MARTIN born in Gawler, SA - 1960 (57) * Australian athlete. The Olympic silver medallist married Kenyan distance runner Yobes Ondieki and was previously married to US marathoner Ken Martin.

EMILIO ESTEVEZ born in New York, New York - 1962 (55)* American actor. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of Charlie. Emilio Estevez is his real name, his brother Charlie was born Ramon Estevez.* His film roles include The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Fire and Stakeout. He appeared with his brother Charlie in Young Guns I and II plus Men At Work.

STEPHEN BALDWIN born in Massapequa, New York - 1966 (51)* US actor and brother of actors Alec, Billy and Daniel Baldwin. His films include 8 Seconds, Crossing The Bridge, The Usual Suspects and a role in the TV series Young Riders. He also played Barney Rubble in The Flintstones movie Viva Rock Vegas.

CATHERINE TATE born in London, England - 1968 (49)* English actress and comedienne. She starred as a variety of characters in her TV program The Catherine Tate Show. Also played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of Doctor Who and later reprised her role for the fourth series in 2008.

JIM FURYK born in West Chester, Pennsylvania - 1970 (47)* US golfer. He won the 2003 US Open golf title. He ranked in the top-10 for over 300 weeks between 1999 and 2008.

BILL SHORTEN born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1967 (50)* Australian politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party. * In 2009, Shorten married his second wife Chloe (née Bryce), who is the daughter of Michael Bryce and Dame Quentin Bryce, who was the Governor-General of Australia at the time.

JONAH LOMU born in Auckland, NZ - 1975. (Died aged 40 - 2015)* NZ rugby player. He first played for the All Blacks in 1994 becoming the team’s youngest ever player at the age of 19 and ended with 63 caps. He is one of the Rugby World Cup all-time top try scorers.

EventsDAILY MIRROR was published in Sydney for the first time - 1941. * In 1990 it merged with the Daily Telegraph.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR married her fourth husband EDDIE FISHER - 1959.* Fisher had been previously married to Debbie Reynolds. This marriage also came to an end when she met Richard Burton two years later on the set of Cleopatra.

VOTING AGE in Britain was lowered to 18 - 1969.

MICK JAGGER married Bianca Perez-Mora De Macias - 1971.* They divorced in 1978. She never remarried. In 1991 Jagger married Jerry Hall.

GUILLOTINE was used for the final time in France - 1977.

ROBERT HOLMES A COURT became a naturalised Australian - 1986.

30 climbers from five different expeditions reached the summit of MT EVEREST on this same day - 1992.

ROBERT REED, US actor who played Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch, died of AIDS related cancer aged 59 - 1992.

SUSAN MARONEY, Australian swimmer, became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida - 1997.

PERRY COMO, US crooner, died aged 88 - 2001.

MICALLEF TONIGHT debuted on Channel 9 - 2003.* Hosted by Shawn Micallef, the program was axed later that year.

ANDREW GAZE and his father LINDSAY officially retired from NBL professional basketball - 2005. * Andrew ended his career with the Melbourne Tigers having played a record 612 NBL games. He also became the competition’s all-time points leader with 18, 908 points. His father coached the Tigers for 22 years.

JUSTICE CREW entered the ARIA singles chart at No 1 with Que Sera - 2014. * Only six Australian groups have debuted at No 1.

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Saturday 13th May 2017Births

JOE LOUIS (Joseph Barrow) born in Alabama - 1914. (Died aged 66 - 1981)* US boxer. The ‘Brown Bomber’ was the longest reigning heavyweight boxing champ holding the title for 11 years, eight months.

BEATRICE ARTHUR (Bernice Frankel) born in New York - 1923. (Died aged 86 - 2009)* US actress. She played Dorothy in the television series The Golden Girls. She is also well known for playing Maude in All In The Family and later starred as that character in her own series Maude (’72-’78).

HARVEY KEITEL born in Brooklyn, New York - 1939 (78)* US actor. Keitel has appeared in films including Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (‘75), Taxi Driver (‘76), Thelma And Louise (‘91), Bugsy (‘91) The Piano (‘93), National Treasure (2004) and 2007 sequel. He also had a starring role in the US TV series Life On Mars.

RITCHIE VALENS (Richard Valenzuela) born in California - 1941. (Died aged 17 - 1959)* US singer. He died in 1959 in the plane accident which also took the lives of Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. His biggest hit was Donna. His life story was told in the 1987 movie La Bamba. (Two of his hits La Bamba and Come On Let’s Go were revived by Los Lobos).

MARY WELLS born in Michigan - 1943. (Died aged 49 - 1992)* US singer. Her biggest hit was in 1964 with My Guy. It was written and produced by Smokey Robinson.

RORY O’DONOGHUE born in - 1949 (68)* Australian actor and musician. He played Thin Arthur in the ABC TV comedy show, Aunty Jack and sang on the hit Farewell Aunty Jack. In 2006 he and Graham Bond (who played Aunty Jack) returned to the stage to play the same characters in a new stage show.* He played the lead guitar solo on Kevin Johnson’s hit Rock And Roll I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life.

STEVIE WONDER born in Saginaw, Michigan - 1950 (67)* Blind American singer, songwriter and musician. His biggest hits include - For Once In My Life (‘68), Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday (‘69), Superstition (‘72), You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (‘73), Ebony And Ivory (with Paul McCartney) (‘82), I Just Called To Say I Love You (‘84) and Part-Time Lover (‘85). * At the age of only 12 he had his first No 1 hit in the US with Fingertips (Part 2).

JOHNNY LOGAN (Sean Sherrard) born in Frankston, Victoria - 1954 (63)* UK singer. He is the only singer to win the Eurovision Song contest twice. Only one of the winning songs - Hold Me Now, became a hit in Australia. In 1992 Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest with a song that he wrote for recording artist Linda Martin.

PAUL McDERMOTT born in Adelaide, SA - 1962 (55) * Australian comedian, musician and TV presenter. Host of Good News Week seen on Network Ten (originally ABC TV). He’s also hosted Good News Weekend, Strictly Dancing and Sideshow. He was formerly with the Doug Anthony All-Stars and was a breakfast announcer on triple j.

DENNIS “WORM” RODMAN born in Trenton, New Jersey - 1961 (56)* US basketball player. He’s played with the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs and various other clubs. In 2001 the Dennis Rodman All Stars played the Harlem Globetrotters in Australia. * In 1998 he married Baywatch star Carmen Elektra. They divorced the following year. On his 42nd birthday he married Michelle Moyer. Their marriage was dissolved in 2012.

WALLY MASUR born in Southampton, England - 1963 (54)* Australian tennis player. The former world No 4 reached the US Open semi-final in 1993 before bowing out. The former Davis Cup coach of Australia retired in 1995 having won three singles titles and 16 doubles titles.

STEPHEN COLBERT born in Washington, D.C. - 1964 (53)* US TV host, comedian and writer. He currently hosts The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. He succeeded David Letterman as the late night host.

DARIUS RUCKER born in South Carolina - 1966 (51)* Lead singer with US group Hootie And The Blowfish. They had two big hits in 1995 with Let Her Cry and Only Wanna Be With You.

ALISON GOLDFRAPP born in London, England - 1966 (51)* UK singer and musician. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp along with Will Gregory.

CHRIS BATH (Christine Bath) born in Auburn, NSW - 1967 (50)* Australian news presenter. She has previously been a weekend presenter of Seven News Sydney and host of Seven’s current affairs program Sunday Night, until she left the network on July 27, 2015.

SAMANTHA MORTON born in Nottingham, England - 1977 (40)* English actress. She can be seen in the TV mini-series Emma (’97) and Jane Eyre (’97). Received an Academy Award nomination for her role as a mute in the movie Sweet And Lowdown (’99).

ROBERT PATTINSON born in London, England - 1986 (31) * UK actor. He plays Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer. He started out his career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

CASEY DONOVAN born in Condell Park, Sydney, NSW - 1988 (29)* Australian singer. Aged 16, she became the youngest winner of the Australian Idol TV program. In 2004 she had a No 1 hit with the Diane Warren song Listen To Your Heart. Casey won the third series of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here which aired in 2017.

CAMERON MCEVOY born on the Gold Coast, Queensland - 1994 (23)* Australian swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. In April 2017 he emerged triumphant from his first showdown against Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers since Rio, winning the 100m freestyle at the national championships.

EventsFIRST FLEET sailed from England bound for Australia - 1787.

WINSTON CHURCHILL told the House of Commons in his first speech as Prime Minister - “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” - 1940.

DINER’S CLUB issued its first credit cards - 1950.

JUDY GARLAND performed to a packed house at the Sydney Stadium - 1964.* Her Melbourne concert was a disaster. Five years later she was found dead in her London flat from an overdose of pills and alcohol.

THE BEATLES’ film Let It Be had its world premiere in New York City - 1970.

POPE JOHN PAUL II was shot in St Peter’s Square by a Turkish gunman - 1981.* He later met with his 24-year-old assailant and told him that he’d forgiven him.

ADA STOCKDALE, aged 105, became the oldest person to fly in Australia - 1990.

ARKIE WHITELEY, actress daughter of artist Brett Whitely, was left his estate estimated to be worth $13 million - 1993.* His will was also contested by his former wife and also his live-in companion. Arkie died in 2002.

FULL FRONTAL comedy program debuted on Channel 7 - 1993.

NEW ZEALAND won the America’s Cup for the first time in 144 years when Black Magic beat Dennis Conner’s Young America - 1995.* They won again in 2000 becoming only the second country in 150 years to successfully defend the America’s Cup.

RUTH CRACKNELL, Australian actress who played Maggie in Mother & Son, died aged 76 - 2002.

A collection of 150 guitars owned by JOHN ENTWISTLE (The Who) was auctioned at Sothebys in London and sold for $2.5 million - 2003.

DONALD ‘DUCK’ DUNN (Booker T & The MGs bass player), died aged 70 in his sleep following a concert in Japan where he played with his band mate Steve Cropper - 2012.

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Mother’s Day Sunday 14th May 2017

Births BOBBY DARIN (Walden Robert Cassotto) born in New York, New York - 1936. (Died aged 37 - 1973)* US singer and actor. His biggest sellers in Australia were Dream Lover (‘59), Mack The Knife (‘59), Nature Boy (‘61) and Multiplication (‘62). His last chart entry was in 1966 with If I Were A Carpenter.* His films include - Come September (with his wife Sandra Dee) (‘60) and Captain Newman MD (‘65) - in which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination.

MIKE PRESTON (Jack Davies) born in London, England - 1938 (79)* English born actor and singer. He migrated to Australia in 1967. Since then he’s worked as a TV game show host and appeared in Bellbird, Homicide and various Australian and overseas films. He had three Top 40 hits in the UK from 1959-1961.

JACK BRUCE born in Glasgow, Scotland - 1943. (Died aged 71 - 2014)* Bass guitarist and vocalist with the UK band Cream. Their biggest ‘60s hit singles were Sunshine Of Your Love, White Room and Badge.

GEORGE LUCAS born in Modesto, California - 1944 (73)* American producer/director and writer. Creator of the Star Wars franchise. He founded Lucasfilm which he sold to Walt Disney Company in 2012. His major films include American Graffiti, Star Wars plus sequels and prequels, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Tucker - The Man And His Dream.

MEG FOSTER born in Reading, Pennsylvania - 1948 (69)* US actress. She starred in the early episodes of the 1980s TV program Cagney and Lacey (as Cagney).

DAVID BYRNE born in Dumbarton, Scotland - 1952 (65)* US singer and musician. Lead singer and guitarist with Talking Heads. They disbanded in 1991 and he pursued a solo career. In 1986 Talking Heads had their two biggest hit singles in Australia with And She Was and Wild, Wild Life.

TOM COCHRANE born in Canada - 1953 (64)* Canadian singer/guitarist. He had a top 10 hit in 1992 with Life Is A Highway.

DAVID REYNE born in Africa - 1959 (58)* Australian TV/radio presenter, musician and brother of James Reyne. After leaving Getaway, he signed with Network Ten to co-host with Kim Watkins the morning show 9am with David and Kim which began in 2006 and ended in 2009. His acting credits include The Flying Doctors and Sweet And Sour. * He was a drummer with the Australian band The Chantoozies.

TIM ROTH (Simon Roth) born in London, England - 1961 (56)* English actor. His films include Pulp Fiction (‘94), Rob Roy (‘95) and Planet Of The Apes (2001). He starred in TV series Lie To Me.

FABRICE ‘FAB’ MORVAN born in Haiti - 1966 (51)* One half of the ‘lip synching’ duo Milli Vanilli. The duo won the Best New Artist Grammy but were stripped of the award when it was revealed they didn’t sing on their debut album. His partner Rob Pilatus, who had a long battle with drug addiction, died in 1998.

CATE BLANCHETT born in Clayton, Victoria - 1969 (48)* Australian actress. Her films include: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as well as Gabriel in the Lord Of The Rings movies and The Hobbit. In 2013 she starred in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is one of only six actresses to win Oscars for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004).

NATALIE APPLETON born in Ontario, Canada - 1973 (44)* Canadian singer with the All Saints. Her sister Nicole was also in the group. Their biggest hit is Never Ever (1998). Other hits include Pure Shores and Black Coffee. Natalie and Nicole also headed the group Appleton.

ADA NICODEMOU born in Auburn, Sydney, NSW - 1977 (40)* Australian actress. She joined the cast of the TV soapie Home And Away in 2000 playing Leah Poulos-Patterson. In the movie The Matrix she played Du Jour.

BRENT HARVEY born in Preston, Victoria - 1978 (39) * AFL player with North Melbourne. ‘Boomer’ holds the record for most matches played by an individual (432) in AFL history, breaking Michael Tuck’s previous record in 2016. In 2015 he played his 400th game. He played in North’s 1999 premiership team. He announced his retirement in October 2016.

DANIEL AUERBACH born in Akron, Ohio - 1979 (38) * US vocalist and guitarist with the Black Keys. The band consists of Daniel and drummer Patrick J Carney. In 2012 the most played song on Australian radio was their hit Lonely Boy.

GARY ABLETT JR born in Moriac, Victoria - 1984 (33)* AFL player. Son of Geelong great Gary Ablett. From 2002-2010 he played with Geelong playing in two premierships. At the end of season 2010 he signed with the Gold Coast Suns and was appointed inaugural captain. In 2013 he won his second Brownlow Medal.

OLLY MURS (Oliver Murs) born in Essex, England - 1984 (33)* UK singer. He was the runner-up in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009. In 2012 his singles Dear Darlin’ and Troublemaker feat. Flo Rida peaked at No 4 in Australia. In 2015 he charted with Up feat. Demi Lovato.

MARK ZUCKERBERG born in White Plains, New York - 1984 (33)* US businessman. He is best known for creating the social networking site Facebook, of which he is chief executive and chairman.

DYSON HEPPELL born in Leongatha, Victoria - 1992 (25)* AFL player. He was appointed captain of the Essendon Football Club at the beginning of season 2017.

MIRANDA COSGROVE born in Los Angeles, California - 1993 (24)* US actress. She stars in the TV sit-com i Carly and also provides the voice of Margot in the animated movies Despicable Me.

EventsVASELINE (petroleum jelly) was sold for the first time - 1878.

STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, the John Philip Sousa march, was performed for the first time - 1897.

CENTAUR, Australian hospital ship, was sunk by the Japanese off Moreton Island - 1943.* The ship was finally discovered in December 2009. Only 64 of the 332 people on board survived.

STATE OF ISRAEL was born with David Ben-Gurion as its first Prime Minister - 1948.

JAN & DEAN began recording Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - 1964.

LAUGH-IN, hosted by Dick Martin and Dan Rowan, ended on US television - 1973.

DOLLAR COINS went into circulation in Australia - 1984.

RITA HAYWORTH, American actress, died aged 68 - 1987.

LEE CHIN YONG from Korea achieved a world record 373 continuous chin-ups - 1988.

MELANIE GRIFFITH, 38, and ANTONIO BANDERAS, 35, married in a civil ceremony in London - 1996.

Final episode of SEINFELD went to air in America - 1998.

FRANK SINATRA, US entertainer, died aged 82 - 1998.

IAN THORPE achieved a 9th world record when he swam the 200m freestyle in 1:45:69 at the Olympic trials in Sydney - 2000.

CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK of DENMARK married Tasmanian girl MARY DONALDSON, 31, - 2004.

DESTINY’S CHILD sang for one hour for a fee of $US2.2 million at Brandon Green’s bar mitzvah in France - 2005.* Brandon is the son of billionaire Philip Green.

JUDITH DURHAM suffered a brain haemorrhage whilst performing on tour with The Seekers - 2013. * She resumed the Seekers 50th anniversary tour late in 2013.

MARTIN ST JAMES, Australian hypnotist and entertainer, died aged 80 on the Gold Coast - 2015.

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Monday - 15th May 2017Births

JAMES MASON born in Huddersfield, England - 1909. (Died aged 75 - 1984)* English-born actor who moved to Hollywood in 1946. From 1944-’47 he was top box-office draw in Britain. Some of his major films include - The Man In Grey (‘43), The Seventh Veil (‘45), A Star Is Born (‘54), Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (‘59) and Lolita (‘62).

MARIO MILANO (Mario Bulfone) born in Italy - 1935. (Died aged 81 - 2016)* Australian wrestler. In 1967, Milano was offered a three-month stint wrestling in Australia from promoter Jim Barnett. His stay was then extended, after which he was offered a contract and moved to Australia permanently.

TRINI LOPEZ (Trinidad Lopez III) born in Dallas, Texas - 1937 (80)* American singer. He had a big hit in 1963 with the folk song If I Had A Hammer. (Peter, Paul and Mary also had success with the same song the year previous). His other big seller was Lemon Tree (‘65).* He had a role in the 1967 war movie The Dirty Dozen.

JOHN ORCSIK born in Austria - 1945 (72)* Australian actor/director of Hungarian descent. He was one of the stars in the local TV series Cop Shop (1977-1983). In 1982 he married Paula Duncan - a fellow cast member. (Now divorced.) In 1994 they opened a Film and Television School on the Gold Coast. From 1999-2002 he played Ron Kirk in Neighbours.

GRAEHAM GOBLE (Graham Goble) born in Adelaide, SA - 1947 (70)* Australian musician, songwriter and singer. The Little River Band guitarist remained with the group during their various formations since their debut in 1975. He wrote the LRB hits Reminiscing, Lady and The Other Guy. Prior to LRB he played with LRB members Beeb Birtles and Derek Pellici in Mississippi. Goble also had hit success with LRB member Beeb Birtles with the singles I’m Coming Home and Lonely Lives.

BRIAN ENO (Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) born in Suffolk, England - 1948 (69)* English musician and producer. The former member of Roxy Music went on to produce artists such as David Bowie, Talking Heads and U2 as well as working on his own solo musical projects.

JIM BACON born in Melbourne, Victoria - 1950. (Died aged 54 - 2004)* Premier of Tasmania from 1998-2004. Stepped down in 2004 due to illness. In June of that year he died of lung cancer.

NICHOLAS HAMMOND born in Washington DC - 1950 (67)* US actor. His first major role was playing Friedrich in The Sound Of Music (’65). For many years he’s been living in Australia and has appeared in local productions including On The Beach - as US President, Paradise Road and Emerald City. In the ‘70s he starred in the US Spiderman TV series.

MIKE OLDFIELD born in Berkshire, England - 1953 (64)* English musician. He was only 19 when he recorded the top selling album Tubular Bells. Virtually all instruments were played by Oldfield and by 1981 world sales hit 10 million. * His 1983 release Moonlight Shadow is his biggest hit single in Australia.

RHONDA BURCHMORE born in Sydney, NSW - 1960 (57)* Australian singer, dancer and actress. In 2012 she starred in Cry Me A River: The World of Julie London. She has also appeared in the stage productions including; Sugar Babies, Hot Shoe Shuffle, Stop The Word I Want To Get Off, Mame, Mamma Mia and Fever.

LISA CURRY KENNY born in Brisbane, Queensland - 1962 (55)* Australian swimming champion. The winner of 15 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze International medals, is the only Australian swimmer to have held Commonwealth and Australian records in every stroke except backstroke. * In 1986 she married ironman Grant Kenny. In 2009 they separated.

INDIRA NAIDOO born in South Africa - 1968 (49)* Former Australian TV newsreader. For 3 years Indira was the presenter of SBS Television’s national mid-evening news service World News Tonight. She also presented ABC TV’s viewer comments program Feedback.

ZARA PHILLIPS born at Windsor Castle, England - 1981 (36)* Daughter of Princess Anne and Capt Mark Phillips. Her parents divorced in 1992.

ANDREW MURRAY born in Glasgow, Scotland - 1987 (30)* Scottish tennis player. He’s currently ranked No 1. At the 2012 US Open he became the first British player since 1977, and the first British man since 1936, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament, when he defeated Novak Djokovic. He won at Wimbledon in 2013 and again in 2016. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Murray defeated Roger Federer in straight sets to win the gold medal in men’s singles becoming the first British champion in over 100 years. He is the only man in history to win the Olympic gold medal and the US Open title back-to-back.

BIRDY (Jasmine van den Bogaerde) born in Hampshire, England - 1996 (21)* English musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008 at the age of 12. Her debut single, Skinny Love, was her debut hit and peaked at No 2 in Australia. Her 2011 self-titled debut album Birdy made No 1 in Australia. Her 2016 album Beautiful Lies made the top 10 in Australia.

EventsCity of LAS VEGAS was founded - 1905.

MICKEY MOUSE made his silent cartoon film debut in Plane Crazy - 1928.

AUSTRALIAN INLAND MISSION’s FLYING DOCTORS service was inaugurated in Cloncurry, Queensland - 1928.

ELLEN CHURCH became the world’s first air hostess - 1930.* On this day she commenced work on board a flight from San Francisco. Her duties included sweeping out the plane, helping out with the refuelling and pushing the plane onto the runway!

NYLON STOCKINGS went on sale for the first time in New York - 1940.

AUSTRALIAN TOURING CRICKET TEAM scored a world record total of runs - 1948.* In under six hours they made 721 all out against Essex in a match played at Southchurch Park, Southend.

SIR ROBERT MENZIES, Australian Prime Minister, died aged 83 - 1978.

TELECOM TOWER opened in Canberra - 1980.

Liberal leader ROBIN GRAY was elected Premier of Tasmania - 1982.

THE FLYING DOCTORS began on Australian television - 1986. * It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper’s Crossing. The success of the mini-series led to its return the following year in 1986 as an ongoing series.

DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES ran for the last time in Sydney - 1986.

EDITH CRESSON, France’s first female Prime Minister, took office - 1991.

ALDI opened their first supermarkets in Victoria at West Heidelberg and Chirnside Park - 2003. * Owned by a German supermarket chain, Aldi (short for Albrecht Discount) opened first shop in Australia in Sydney in 2001.

ARSENAL became the first UK soccer team in 115 years to end a season in England’s top division unbeaten - 2004.* Out of 38 games, they won 26 and had 12 draws.

ACHIM HEUKEMES, a 53 year old German, achieved the record for the fastest run across Australia (43 days, 13 hours and 8 minutes) - 2005. * He began his journey in Fremantle and ended the run in Sydney. He ran for the Oxfam Tsunami appeal. During the 4,658 km journey he wore out six pairs of shoes.

Canadian singer SHANIA TWAIN separated from husband ROBERT JOHN ‘MUTT’ LANGE after 15 years of marriage - 2008.

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Tuesday - 16th May 2017Births

HENRY FONDA born in Grand Island, Nebraska - 1905. (Died aged 77 - 1982)* American actor. His major films include - Grapes Of Wrath (‘40), Mister Roberts (‘55), Twelve Angry Men (‘57) and On Golden Pond (‘82). In his final film, On Golden Pond, he won his first and only Academy Award for Best Actor. * He’s the father of actors Jane and Peter Fonda. They were the children from his second marriage.

WOODY HERMAN (Woodrow Herman) born in Wisconsin - 1913. (Died aged 74 - 1987)* American jazz musician. His million sellers include At The Woodchoppers Ball and Laura (from the film of the same name).

LIBERACE (Wladziu Liberace) born in West Allis, Wisconsin - 1919. (Died aged 67 - 1987)* American pianist and entertainer. Most remembered for his extravagant costumes and trademark candelabra placed on the lids of his flashy pianos. He died at his home in California in 1987 officially of a brain disease, unofficially of AIDS.

NICKY CHINN born in Bristol, England - 1945 (72)* UK songwriter. He combined with Queensland-born Mike Chapman to write and produce a string of hits for artists including Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Smokie and Mud.

ROBERT FRIPP born in Dorset, England - 1946 (71)* Lead guitarist with UK progressive rock band King Crimson. Their two best selling ‘70s albums were In the Court of the Crimson King and In The Wake of Poseidon. He always plays guitar sitting down on stage.* He married punk-singer Toyah on his 40th birthday.

ALAN MACKAY-SIM born in Wahroonga, NSW - 1951 (56)* Australian biomedical scientist. He specialises in adult stem cell research. He was named the 2017 Australian of the Year. Mackay-Sim retired in 2015 and lives in Currimundi, Queensland.

RICHARD PAGE born in Keokuk, Iowa - 1953 (64)* Lead vocalist/bass guitarist with US band Mr. Mister. Their songs Broken Wings (‘85) and Kyrie (‘86) went to No 1 in the US and also became big sellers in Australia.

PIERCE BROSNAN born in Ireland - 1953 (64)* Irish actor. Played James Bond in Goldeneye, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. (His late Australian born wife Cassandra Harris was a ‘Bond’ girl in the 1981 movie For Your Eyes Only.) He also starred in the television series Remington Steele plus the films The Lawnmower Man, Mister Johnson, Dante’s Peak, Mrs Doubtfire and The Ghost Writer.

DEBRA WINGER (Marie Debra Winger) born in Cleveland, Ohio - 1955 (62)* American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in An Officer And A Gentleman, Terms Of Endearment and Shadowlands. Her other film credits include Urban Cowboy, Legal Eagles, A Dangerous Woman and Rachel Getting Married.

JANET JACKSON born in Gary, Indiana - 1966 (51)* American singer. She’s the youngest of the famous Jackson family which comprises of nine children. Some of her biggest hits in Australia include What Have You Done For Me Lately (‘86), Miss You Much (‘89), Black Cat (‘90), The Best Things In Life Are Free (with Luther Vandross) (‘92), That’s The Way Love Goes (‘93), Together Again (’97), and All For You (2001). Her album janet made No.1 on the Australian charts in 1993. Her other hit singles include Again and Because of Love.

TRACEY GOLD born in New York, New York - 1969 (48)* American actress. She played Carol Seaver in the TV sit-com Growing Pains.

DAVID BOREANAZ born in Buffalo, New York - 1969 (48)* US actor. He plays Angel/Angelus in the TV series Angel as well as Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

GABRIELA SABATINI born in Argentina - 1970 (47)* Argentinian tennis player. She won several tennis titles including the 1988 Wimbledon Doubles with Steffi Graf and the 1985 French Open.

TORI SPELLING (Victoria Spelling) born in California - 1973 (43)* US actress daughter of TV producer Aaron Spelling. She played Donna Martin in Beverly Hills 90210.

LAURA PAUSINI born Italy - 1974 (42)* Italian singer. In 2002 she released her first English album From The Inside which featured the hit Surrender.

MELANIE LYNSKEY born in Taranaki, New Zealand - 1977 (40) * NZ actress. Her films include Heavenly Creatures, Up in the Air, The Informant!, Flags of Our Fathers and Sweet Home Alabama. She also played Charlie Harper’s neighbor/stalker Rose in the TV sit-com Two and a Half Men.

BROOKE McCLYMONT born in Grafton, NSW - 1981 (36)* Australian country singer. She sings with her sisters Samantha and Mollie in The McClymonts. The band’s first release The McClymonts EP was released in 2006 and peaked at No 40 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. Their 2010 album Wrapped Up Good made No 2 in Australia. Their 2014 album Here’s To You And I became their third No 1 country album.

DANIEL KERR born in - 1983 (34)* AFL player with West Coast Eagles. In 2006, he was part of the Eagles’ 2006 premiership side and played with broken bones in his foot. He was runner-up for the Brownlow Medal in 2005 and again in 2007. He retired at end of season 2013.

ALEX PALL born in New York City, New York - 1985 (32)* US dj and musician. He’s one half of the group The Chainsmokers along with Andrew Taggart. Their hits include Closer (feat. Halsey), Something Just Like This (feat. Coldplay), Don’t Let Me Down (feat. Dava) and #Selfie.

MEGAN FOX born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee - 1986 (31)* US actress and model. She is best known for playing Mikaela Banes in the Transformers movies.

EventsACADEMY AWARDS were presented for the first time - 1929.

The idea for a DRIVE-IN was patented by Richard Hollingshead - 1933.

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, the musical written by Irving Berlin, opened on Broadway - 1946.

GOLD COAST was proclaimed a city - 1959.

WORLD OF SPORT began on HSV-7 in Melbourne - 1959.* The first program aired on a Saturday but by 1960 it was airing on Sundays at 11am. It was hosted by Ron Casey and finally ended in 1987.

BEACH BOYS released the album Pet Sounds - 1966.

JUNKO TABEI of Japan became the first woman to climb Mt Everest - 1975.

DR GEORGE NIKOPOULOS was indicted on 14 counts of over prescribing drugs to Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and others - 1980.

SAMMY DAVIS JNR, American entertainer, died aged 64 of throat cancer - 1990.

BRISBANE BEARS kicked a club record score of 33.21.219 against the Sydney Swans at the Gabba - 1993.

LATE NIGHT SHOPPING in Queensland was extended to 8am-9pm Mon-Fri and 8-5pm Saturdays - 1994.

SUSIE O’NEILL became the greatest gold medal winner in Australian swimming history when she won the 200m freestyle - 2000.

STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES opened in the US, Australia and 38 other countries - 2002.

KATH & KIM, starring Jane Turner and Gina Riley, began on ABC television - 2002.

Second GATEWAY BRIDGE opened in Brisbane - 2010.

ROBERT HUGHES, star of Hey Dad! TV sit-com, was sentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison on child sex abuse charges - 2014.

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2007 May

Jocks’ Journal Radio News from 10 Years Ago

John Williams, General Manager of ARN Sydney, announced his resignation to staff today. He has been a part of the ARN for 36 years.

Pat Barton, Newcastle radio’s longest serving breakfast announcer, has died aged 92 following a massive stroke. Barton was also a longtime music director for 2KO and 2UE.

Matthew Reilly is the new afternoon announcer at Triple M Adelaide.

On May 29, 4BH Brisbane celebrated their 75th birthday with a special gala dinner. Many former 4BH personalities including Bill Gates, Johnny James, Graham Webb, Ken Smith, Ken Guy, Bob Ackery, Russ Walkington, Norm Llewellyn were in attendance.

Former 4MMM Brisbane breakfast announcer Jade Jones and current show producer for Greg Cary on 4BC is getting back “on the mic”. Jade will be joining the Sunshine Coast’s 91.9 SEA FM on breakfast. She will be doing the breakfast show with Mak the button monkey and Austar sales rep Brad Blissett.

2GB Sydney News Director Ian Ferguson is leaving the station and joining Sky News. Jason Morrison will take on an extra role as Acting News Director.

B105 Brisbane traffic reporter “Chopper Dave” (aka Dave Andrews) is now at home recovering after open heart surgery to replace his aortic valve at the Brisbane PA hospital. This was the same operation that Jimmy Barnes underwent a few months ago.

WS FM Sydney brekky producer Kristy-Lee Lorraway has moved on.

David “Luttsy” Lutteral is recovering in hospital after being violently bashed in the Brisbane CBD. The Nova 106.9 breakfast presenter was taken to hospital with injuries including a broken nose, cracked cheek bone and fractured skull. He was released from the intensive care unit on May 28. (Courier-Mail)

Moyd Kay will join 882 4BH as the new breakfast show anchor with Loretta Ryan. For the last few years Moyd has been a regular talk presenter with sister-station 1116 4BC. Moyd replaces Kim Mothershaw who has decided to take a break from early morning radio.

Matt Sutton is now MD/APD and afternoon announcer at Sea FM 91.9 on the Sunshine Coast. For the past 8 months he’s been living in Canada.

Wayne Prout, creative writer from 4BC/4BH Brisbane has married Lynda Edmunds breakfast newsreader from SEAFM Gold Coast.

Steven Brook has just been appointed breakfast audio producer at Nova 937 Perth.

Comedian Cal Wilson has joined Nova 100 Melbourne. She is now a part of the drive program - “The Akmal Show with Cal Wilson”.

Dante St James has left Hot 100/MIX FM Darwin.

Warren Koglin, working under the alias Warren Kay, is leaving Ocean FM in the UK and heading to Broome to handle the afternoon shift at Spirit FM.

Dayle ‘Richo’ Richardson has been appointed as the new PD at Power FM and 5MU Murray Bridge. He will also continue in his 10 - 2pm on air role on Power FM. In other news, Keith McCarten joins the crew as Power FM Brekky guy and Promotions Manager. Antony Manton is the new General Manager for SEAFM and Heart 107.3 Hobart.

Katie Jones is the new breakfast announcer at 4AK Toowoomba. Also Ilija Dugandzic has returned to radio after a six month break. He’s now with 4AK/4WK in Toowoomba and has taken on the position of Creative Writer, producer and announcer for both stations.

FIVEaa Adelaide newsreader and reporter Caroline Hillman has resigned and from mid June will take up a new role as media officer for Federal MP Kate Ellis.

Katie Jones has been appointed breakfast announcer at 4AK. She was previously working at the station as a copywriter. Ian Davidson has left AK after 10 years and is now working with local Toowoomba company Sunbus.

Adam McFarlane leaves 3GG/Star FM Gippsland to become PD of Star FM and 3SRFM Shepparton.

After 12 years at MIX FM/TTFM Melbourne Nick Michaels is re-locating to Brisbane to continue mornings from 9am-1pm on ARN Brisbane station 4KQ. For the past 18 months he has been ‘voice tracking’

Peter O’Callaghan has replaced Jane Holmes (now at 3AW) on the 10am-3pm shift at Melbourne’s 3MP. Mark Irvine has taken O’Callaghan’s place on evenings (7pm-midnight.

Dave McClung is leaving Nova 91.9 Adelaide and relocating back home to Perth to become Assistant MD for Nova 937. He replaces Greg Edgeworth who will take on the AMD role for Melbourne’s Vega.

Shaun Gough is the new PD for Triple M Melbourne. Derek Bargwanna has been appointed new program director for 92.9FM Perth.

Sea FM/Heart FM Hobart Production Manager Nigel Honey is moving on. He will set up his own production business

Steve Woods has returned to mcm entertainment as Program Producer of My Generation, Rocktober and Nights with Alice Cooper.

Greg Edgeworth has been appointed Assistant Music Director at Vega 91.5 Melbourne. He was formerly AMD at Nova 93.7 Perth.

Wally Foreman, the ABC sports broadcaster, has been honoured by the ABC who named their main Perth studio after him. Foreman died suddenly of a heart attack last November at the age of 58.

Jason Wolfgram is moving from Power FM brekky Murray Bridge to join the HOFM crew in Hobart.

Long serving 92.5 Gold FM Gold Coast breakfast host Sarah Wharmby is leaving. For over 12 years she has co-hosted the breakfast program with Richard Fowler. She’ll be replaced by Bridget Daley from Sea FM on the Sunshine Coast.

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More Radio News Birthdays & AnniversariesMay 1 Jimmy White (ex-Radio 97) born in - 1947. John Deeks (Channel 7 voiceovers) born in - 1951. Steve Mills (6PR breakfast) born in - 1961. May 2 Gazza Warne (2XL Snowy Mountains) born.May 3 Carter Edwards (Super Radio Network) born.May 4 Brian Lowe (ex-Fairfax Radio Brisbane - news) born in Canada - 1957.May 6 Paul J Turner (4IP, 4BH, Gold 92.5 etc) born in - 1951. Craig Huggins commenced on Gold 104 - 1991.May 7 Wayne Roberts (4BC) born in Brisbane - 1947. Michael Price (ex-4BC, 4MMM) born.May 8 Dave O’Neil (ex-Classic Rock 91.5) born in - 1965. Rex Morris (Director - Resonate Broadcasting) born in Southport, Queensland - 1966.May 9 Andrew Kilpatrick (The Radio Antenna) born in Hornby, NSW - 1966. May 10 Jaime Chaux (SCA) born in Sydney - 1976. Aiden G (ex-3BA/Power FM) born in Geelong - 1986. Luisa Pelizarri (The River) born in Brisbane - 1964. Mike Perso (Smooth FM Melbourne) born in - 1961. Murray Inglis (NZ Radio) born in New Zealand - 1943. Luke Bona (Triple M) born in Sydney, NSW - 1962.May 11 Terry Blacker (101.1 Logan Manager/announcer) bornMay 13 Malcolm T Elliott (Sydney radio) born in - 1946. Kevin Johnson (7HO FM Hobart) born in Sydney - 1969.May 14 ‘AJ’ Johnston (Gold FM Gold Coast) born in - 1958. Gary Boughen (94.1 Gold Coast) born.May 15 Paul Covington (acting GM 2GF) born in Tas - 1964.May 16 Kim Mothershaw (ex-4KQ, 4BH) born in - 1956.

4KQ 70th Birthday (Opened in Brisbane May 7 - 1947)

Pictured: (top) Mark Hine, Laurel Edwards and ‘Handy’ Gary Clare (breakfast), Brent James (mornings and MD), Nick Michaels (afternoons), Dave D Whitcomb (Jukebox Saturday Night host).

The 2017 CBAA Community Radio Awards are now open for entries. These national awards celebrate excellence in community broadcasting across 20 categories. Community radio stations with programs, initiatives or practices that have increased their capability and improved the services offered to that station’s community are encouraged to apply. or more information and to enter, head to the CBAA website: www.cbaa.org.au/awards. Please note that entries close at 9am AEST on May 8.

Hit102.5 rated No 1 in the Mt Isa Xtra Insights radio survey. They rated 47.2% (10+ Station listened to most) in Mt Isa’s first ever radio survey. 4LM rated No 2 with 13.9% just ahead of ABC Nth West Queensland with 13.8% and triple j with 9.4%. Hit 102.5 was No 1 in all sessions including breakfast with 50.1%.

Hit 93.5 (formerly Star FM) rated No 1 in the latest Xtra Insights radio survey. Hit 93.5 were 24.9% (all people 10+), followed by 2DU with 20.6% and ZOO FM 17.1%. Hit 93.5 rated No 1 in breakfast. 2DU was a clear leader in mornings (25.3%) and nights (27%). Hit 93.5 was No 1 in afternoons (25.7%) and drive (31.3%).

Daisy Pearce, six-time Helen Lambert medallist and AFLW player, has joined Triple M’s AFL footy call. Daisy called her first game on Saturday – Carlton v’s Gold Coast Suns – and will be back on 23rd April calling the Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles game from the MCG.

Jamie Dunn quietly returned to fulltime radio earlier this year at Brisbane indigenous community station 98.9FM - For The Best Country. He was a previous breakfast host with Ian Calder. He is now co-host with Clay Cassar-Daley - the son of 4KQ announcer Laurel Edwards and country musician Troy Cassar-Daley.

A 2WS News Journos Reunion will be held on Friday, May 5 at 7 PM - 11:30 PM. It’s on at Karma Room Pyrmont Point Hotel 59 Harris Street Pyrmont. Any 2WS News Journos from 1978 to 1993 are welcome (1224 AM days). Book by contacting Glenn Daniel at radioextra@bigpond.com

In Memoriam

Rob ‘Jacko’ Jackson, former announcer and journalist/newsreader, has died aged 70. Rob joined the 2EC Bega - Batemans Bay team in 1985 as a journalist. He came to 2EC after 11 years with 2WG Wagga Wagga.