BIRTHDAYS FOR FEBRUARY 9

Hello people,
  we have ten birthdays and a trivia question today-two singers,two actors,
two politicians and four actresses.We'll start with the trivia question.

trivia fact)During a speech on Thursday,February 9,1950 in Wheeling,
West Virginia,a US Senator claimed that he has a list with the names of over 200
members of the Department of State that are "known communists." The speech vaulted 
him to national prominence and sparked a nationwide hysteria about subversives in 
the American government.

 1) Born on Monday,February 9,1942 in New York City is a composer and
singer-songwriter.She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half
of the 20th century in the USA,having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the
Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999.She also wrote 61 hits that charted in the
UK,making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts
between 1952 and 2005.In the 1970s she had three (3) #1 albums on the US Billboard 200 album chart with one of them spending 15 weeks at #1 and remained on the US Billboard 200 for 6 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKxmnrRVHo

 2) Born on Tuesday,February 9,1943 in Salem,Michigan,USA is a singer and songwriter
whose smooth style influenced rhythm and blues.In 1963 she had a song that peaked 
at #3 for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Y1O9eVKRs

 3) Also born on Tuesday,February 9,1943 but in Newark,New Jersey,USA is an actor,
comedian and singer.Known for portraying tough,volatile characters,in a variety of 
genres,he is best known for his role as Harry Lime in "Home Alone" and 
"Home Alone 2:Lost in New York",as Vincent Gambini in "My Cousin Vinny" (1992), and 
for co-starring with Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese films "Raging Bull" 
(1980),"Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995).

 4) Born on Monday,February 9,1987 in Santa Ana,California,USA is an actor.He is
known for his film roles as shooting victim Oscar Grant in the drama "Fruitvale
Station",boxer Adonis Creed in the Rocky sequel film "Creed" and main antagonist
Erik Killmonger in "Black Panther",all three of which were directed by Ryan Coogler.

 5) Born on Saturday,February 9,1946 in Saint Joseph,Missouri,USA is a politician
and author.He has served as a United States Senator from Virginia (2007-13),
Secretary of the Navy (1987-88),Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
(1984-87),Counsel for the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and is a decorated former Marine Corps officer.

 6) Born on Tuesday,February 9,1773 in Berkeley Plantation,Virginia,,USA (Died:April 4,1841 in Washington, D.C.,USA) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States.He died just 31 

days after his inauguration as president in 1841,making his presidency the shortest in U.S. history.

Mia Farrow

 8) Born on Saturday,February 9,1980 in Saint Petersburg,Russia is an actress.She was a competitive gymnast before going on to star in the films "The Invisible",
"Adventureland", and "Spread". On television,she is known for her role as Amanda
Clarke on "Revenge", Gina Zanetakos on "The Blacklist" and most recently as Abigail "Abby" Parker opposite James Franco on the HBO series "The Deuce".
https://www.xvideos.com/video30191367/margarita_levieva_-_the_deuce_-_s01e01

Margarita Levieva

 9) Born on Wednesday,February 9,1949 in Trenton,New Jersey,USA is an actress,
producer and activist.She starred as Angela Bower in the long-running ABC sitcom
"Who's The Boss?" from 1984 to 1992.