BIRTHDAYS FOR JULY 05

Hello people,
     We have fourteen (14) birthdays on this date and two trivia facts;a mining magnate,a pitcher,six models,a professional soccer player,two singers,two musicians and an actress.
     Let's start with the trivia facts.

trivia fact 1) On July 5,357 (or 358) the Roman emperor Constantius II issued a
ruling lambasting all magicians as "enemies of the human race".Any found at the  
imperial court were to be punished severely,as were soothsayers,astrologers and 
interpreters of dreams.
trivia fact 2)Monday,July 5,1954-Elvis Presley walked into Sun Records Studio 
in Memphis,Tennessee.USA and recorded his very first song 69 years ago today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmopYuF4BzY
 1) Born on Tuesday,July 5,1853 in Bishop's,Stortford,UK (Died:March 26,1902 in
Muizenberg,Cape Town,South Africa) was a mining magnate,British businessman and 
politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 
1890 to 1896.An ardent believer in British imperialism,he and his British South Africa 
Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia),
which the company named after him in 1895.

 2) Born on Tuesday,July 5,1994 in Oshu,Iwate Prefecture,Japan is a Japanese
professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Angels of
Major League Baseball (MLB).He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham
Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League.He was the first
pick of the Fighters in the 2012 draft.He has officially recorded the fastest pitch by a Japanese pitcher and in NPB history at 165 kilometres per hour (102.5 mph).

Kayla Rae Reid

Adrienne Moreau

 9) Born on Friday,July 5,1985 in Redding,California,USA is a professional soccer
midfielder/winger who plays for and captains Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League.As a member of the United States women's national soccer team,she helped the U.S. win the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup,the gold at the 2012 London Olympics and finish runners-up at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.Since 2018,she co-captains her national team alongside Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan.
    She is an advocate for numerous LGBT organizations,including the Gay,Lesbian &
Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and Athlete Ally.In 2013,she was awarded the
board of directors Award by the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.
    She has said regarding singing the national anthem at sporting events-"Using this blanketed patriotism as a defense against what the protest actually is was pretty cowardly," and further stated that she would probably never sing the national anthem again.
   If the USA wins the Cup on Sunday,July 7,2019 she said she will decline accepting any invitation to the White House from Donald Trump.

Megan Rapinoe

10) Born on Wednesday,July 5,1950 in New York City is a is a Grammy-winning American singer,songwriter and actor.He sings lead and plays harmonica for his band,in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs.With his band he has had three #1 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JVlpm0eRs

11) Born on Sunday,July 5,1959 in Cleveland,Ohio,USA is a singer-songwriter and musician.He won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992.He is best known for the song that received a Song of the Year nomination at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992 and also peaked at #3 on Canada's national RPM chart in July of 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRafRp-P-o

12) Born on Saturday,July 5,1980 in Camarillo,California,USA is a musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of an alternative rock band that had a song that Billboard magazine ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 2001.The song is one of four songs to be the #1 song of the year on Billboard yet never peak at #1 on the weekly US Billboard Hot 100.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPnK39ax_AM

13) Born on Monday,July 5,1943 in Toronto,Ontario,Canada is a musician, songwriter,film composer,producer,actor and author.He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter a very popular rock band that had an album that peaked at #2 in Canada and peaked at #9 on the US Billboard 200 in 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EisXJSsULGM

14) Born on Friday,July 5,1963 in New York City is television,film and stage actress,known for her roles as Diane Whittlesey in the HBO series "Oz" and Carmela Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos",for which she received six Emmy nominations,winning three for an "Outstanding Lead Actress" in a Drama Series as well as winning two Golden Globes and five Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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