Happy Birthdays for June 17th, 2010
Venus Williams 1980 Lynwood California
Tennis Pro, known for her awesome talent, but also for her combative nature and bad manners, boastful
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Libra
Jason Patric 1966 Queens New York
Actor, born Jason Miller, films include "The Lost Boys", Rush", "Speed Cruise 2", previously involved with Julia Roberts
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Gemini
Greg Kinnear 1963 Logansport Indiana
Actor, TV talk show "Talk Soup", began acting career in TV movies, films inc. "Sabrina" 1995, "As Good as it Gets" 1997
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Gemini
Kelly Lee Curtis 1956 Santa Monica California
Actress, daughter of Tony and Janet Leigh Curtis, sister Jamie Lee, helped get father into rehab in 1984
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Libra
John Norman Collins 1947 Windsor Canada
Serial killer, known as the "Michigan Co-ed Killer", raped, tortured and murdered 9 women
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Virgo
Barry Manilow 1943 Brooklyn New York
Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, hit songs include "Mandy", "Copa Cabana", "I Write the Song"
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Leo
Dean Martin 1917 Steubenville Ohio
Actor, singer, teamed with Jerry Lewis 1950-54, two marriages, 7 children, hit song "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Aries
Ralph Bellamy 1904 Chicago Illinois
Actor, many movies including "Trading Places", died November 29 1991, after long illness
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Virgo
Anastasia 1901 Peterhof Russia
Youngest of 4 daughters to Alexandra and Nicholos II, rumored to have been executed in 1918
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Capricorn
M.C. Escher 1898 Leeuwarden Netherlands
Artist, explored optical illusions, distorted perspectives, work is still popular today
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Leo
Igor Stravinsky 1882 Oranienbaum Russia
Composer, son of famous opera singer, known for his ballet "Firebird", unpredictable and original in his work
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Virgo
Andre Derain 1880 Chatou France
Artist, called a wild beast for his use of brilliant color, later work influenced by old masters
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Libra
Grigori Rasputin 1872 Tobol’sk Russia
Monk, saint, healer, big influence on last Russian Czar Nicholas 1907 when he aided hemophiliac son, assassinated 1916
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Capricorn
Sir William Crookes 1832 London England
Scientist, invented the Crookes Tube, a radiometer and a spinthariscope, founder and editor of The Chemical News
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Scorpio
Charles Gounod 1818 Paris France
Composer, best known for opera "Faust", used Bach’s prelude in famous "Ave Maria" but deplored its popularity
Zodiac Sign: Gemini – Ascendant: Gemini
