The Hard Rock Cafe in Beverly Hills, Calif., landed 1960s singer Nancy Sinatra’s signature white go-go boots on this day in 1996.
Sinatra, daughter of Ol’ Blue Eyes and the first to make a hit of the song “These Boots Are Made for Walking” in 1966, wore the boots when performing in support of her album called, fittingly, “Boots.”
Sadly, the Beverly Hills location of the chain has closed, and the only Nancy artifact the Hard Rock shows in its online collection is a creepy love letter from Sinatra to “Wall of Sound” music producer Phil Spector, already apparently a control freak then and now a convicted killer.
— Lisa Legge, @LLeggeMSP
Actress Jaimie Alexander of the “Thor” movies is 32. She’s been seen around town (not this town) with her “Nurse Jackie” castmate Peter Facinelli.
Actress Kendall Applegate of “Desperate Housewives” is 17.
Guitarist and singer Danny Jones of the Britpop band McFly is 30.
Actor Samm Levine of ’90s TV’s “Freaks and Geeks” is 34 and all grown up, enough for “Inglourious Bastards” (2009). He’s also the sidekick on the Web-based “Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show.”
Singer Holly Williams is 35. She’’s a granddaughter of Hank Williams Sr. and daughter of Hank Williams Jr. (and singer Hank Williams III is her brother). She has her own label, Georgiana Records.
Singer Pete Doherty of the Libertines and Babyshambles is 37. He’s also known for dating supermodels. Yeah. With those teeth.
Actor Rhys Coiro of “”Entourage”” and “”24”” is 37.
Singer and guitarist Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria is 38.
Novelist and screenwriter Dave Eggers — who wrote “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” and is publisher of McSweeney’s — is 46. He also wrote “What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng.”
Guitarist Graham Coxon of Blur is 47.
Actress Julia Campbell — one of the mean girls in “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion” — is 54. She was also the “Sentence Finisher” on “Seinfeld” (“It’s like dating ‘Mad Libs!’ “)
Actor Aaron Eckhart — Harvey Dent/”Two Face” in “The Dark Knight” — is 48. He also starred in the 2005 movie “Thank You For Smoking.”
Former Major League Baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry is 54. In 1996, he had hit a low point, suspended from professional baseball for drugs and other mischief, when the St. Paul Saints gave him a chance. He played amazing baseball here, and soon he was gone, to play for the New York Yankees, who won the World Series that year.
Actor Jason Beghe of “Chicago P.D.” (and “Chicago Fire”) is 56.
Actor Courtney B. Vance of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” is 56. Mr. Angela Bassett performed in the Guthrie Theater’s production of “His Girl Friday” in 2005.
Actor Titus Welliver — “Deadwood,” “Argo” — is 55.
Singer Marlon Jackson of the Jacksons is 59.
Writer Carl Hiaasen is 63. His satirical titles include “Lucky” and “Sick Puppy.”
Former adult-move actor Ron Jeremy — who turned out to be a pretty good actor, in movies such as “Ronin” — is 63.
Former child actor Jon Provost, who played Timmy in the 1950s-60s TV show “Lassie,” is 66. He’s shown in 2008.
Grammy-winning singer James Taylor — “Fire and Rain,” “You’ve Got a Friend” — is 68.
Former Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is 69. Maybe for his birthday he’ll strap the dog on the roof and go out and celebrate.
Singer-actress Liza Minnelli is 70. Among her credits are “”Cabaret”” and ““Arrested Development.””
Seven-time Grammy-winner Al Jarreau is 76.
Actress Barbara Feldon — Agent 99 in ‘’60s TV’’s “Get Smart” — is 83. She’s shown at the “TV Land Awards” in 2008.
