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NASCAR RACING LEGEND IS 45 TODAY

 
Jeff’s 6th grade photo.


Jeff Gordon high school yearbook, 1989.


Jeffery Michael
"Jeff" Gordon was born in Vallejo, California
.

Jef Gordon is a semi-retired professional stock car racing driver
and currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR. He formerly drove
the No. 24 Chevrolet
for Hendrick Motorsports in 23 full-time
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons between 1993 and 2015,
and currently serves as a substitute driver for
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

Gordon won his first of many WInston Cup Championships in
1995 and his first Daytona 500 in 1997 becoming one of the
most successful race car drivers in the history of the sport.

He began racing quarter midgets when he was five and when
he got to his teens, his family believed in him enough to move
from California to Indiana to help further his racing career.

He is the first driver to reach $100 million in career earnings
in the Cup series.

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POPULAR SINGER IS 90 TODAY


Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) was born in Astoria, Queens, New York.

Singer Tony Bennett if known for his renditions of show tunes, jazz, and
popular songs like "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and "Rags to Riches.

He dropped out of school to work as a copy boy in order to help support his
family. He was a painting and music student at New York’s School of Industrial
Art. He founded the Frank Sinatra School of Arts.

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GARY LEWIS IS 70 TODAY


Gary Lewis (Gary Harold Lee Levitch)

Musician Gary Lewis was the leader of Gary Lewis & the Playboys and is the
son of comedian and actor Jerry Lewis.

The song "This Diamond Ring", hit number one on Billboard magazine’s Hot
100
chart on February 20, 1965 and made Lewis an instant star.

           
               Gary Lewis (left) and his father Jerry.

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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is 69 years old today.

Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to pursue a career as a bodybuilder
at age fourteen, despite demonstrating prowess in football. He became
the youngest person to win the Mr. Universe contest when he was 20
and won four more times after and won the Mr. Universe title seven
times.

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