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Peter the Great, Benny Goodman, Gale Sayers....and Manny?

Email|Link|Comments (2) Posted by Gordon Edes, Globe Staff May 30, 2008 07:01 PM

The Russian czar, the big band leader, and the Hall of Fame running back were all born the same day as the Sox left fielder. We know that because John Blake, the Sox crack publicist, looked it up.

Not too many baseball birthdays of note on this date. Here's a list:

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Don't forget my mom! Nancy Zielinski is 61 years young today. Happy Birthday mom, I love you!

Posted by kimz May 30, 08 08:25 PM

Would this be the Nancy Zielinski who briefly taught middle school in Northern Virginia in the late 1960s? If so, I was one of her students :-) (Google is such a wonderfully random thing...)

Posted by roudabua June 20, 09 12:23 AM