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1907 – Artist Frida Kahlo (d. 1954)
1921 – Actress and U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan (d. 2016)
1925 – Rock and Roll pioneer Bill Haley (d. 1981)
1935 – The Dalai Lama, born Tenzin Gyatso, leader of Tibet and best-selling author
1945 – Actor Burt Ward, most remembered for playing Robin in the 1960s “Batman” TV series
1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. president
1951 – Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush (“Shine,” “The King’s Speech,” “Pirates of the Caribbean”)
1975 – Grammy-winning rapper-actor 50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III