By Tatiana Ponil
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
James Andrew Eric Phelps and Oliver Martyn John Phelps (born 25 February 1986) are English actors, podcasters and identical twin brothers. They are known for playing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter film series from 2001 to 2011 and have continued to work together as a duo on other projects.
CHARITY WORK AND PERSONAL LIVES
In January 2003, the twins planted trees at the National Forest in Leicestershire. The trees were birch and ash — the same types of wood that helped make the broomsticks used in the Harry Potter films.
The twins are supporters of Teenage Cancer Trust,[14] the “Celebrity World Cup Soccer Six”, the Virgin Money Giving drive, and Cancer Research UK in Australia.
Oliver married Katy Humpage in 2015, and they have two daughters. James married Annika Ostle in 2016.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Christopher Wren (architect) –
- Thomas Moore (poet) –
- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (U.S. First Lady) –
- Tennessee Williams (playwright) –
- Darren McGavin (actor) –
- Jim Lange (original host of The Dating Game) –
- Bill Paxton (actor) –
Born
- Pierre Auguste Renoir (painter) –
- Zeppo Marx (comedian) –
- Jim Backus (actor) –
- Bobby Riggs (tennis player) –
- George Harrison (musician) –
- Sean Astin (actor) –
- James and Oliver Phelps (actors) –
- Justin Berfield (actor) –
Events
- First trained monkey act in the U.S. –
- George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States –
- First tunnel (railroad) under Hudson River opened, linking New Jersey to New York City –
- First state gasoline tax began, Oregon –
- USS Ranger, first true aircraft carrier, launched –
- First hockey game on TV –
- Battle of Los Angeles with UFO, California –
- Cassius Clay (later called Muhammad Ali) defeated Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing title –
Weather
- Eighteen inches of snow, Society Hill, South Carolina –
- 21 degrees, San Antonio, Tex. –
- 49.3 inches of snow fell, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire –
- Boston, Massachusetts, received 26.3 inches of snow in a two day storm –
- Light snow in Pocatello, Idaho, raised its seasonal snowfall total to 85.7 inches –
- 92 degrees F, San Antonio, Texas –
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