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Top 10 January 24 Birthdays

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"Find us a dream that won't ask no questions." Honorable Mention: January 24, AD 76: Emperor Hadrian of Rome.  He was better at building walls than Donald Trump or East Germany. Honorable Mention: January 24, 1943: Sharon Tate.  We only got to see her scratch the surface of what she could do before the Manson Family took her from us. Dishonorable Mention: January 24, 1918: Oral Roberts.  In 1987, the "prosperity gospel" televangelist told his audience that unless he reached $8 million over the next few weeks, "God will call me home." He got the money in time, and lived another 22 years. 10. January 24, 1961: Nastassja Kinski.  The daughter of the German-Polish actor-director Klaus Kinski, she was one of the hottest actresses on the planet in the 1980s. 9. January 24, 1705: Farinelli.  This was the stage name of  Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi , the premier opera singer of his time. He was considered so good, people in heavily Catholic Italy sa...