Austrian/Filipino-English singer, pianist, and model

Myleene Klass

Myleene Angela Klass is a British musician, singer, television presenter, model, writer and designer. She was a member of the pop group Hear'Say, and later released a solo classical crossover album in 2003, followed by additional "lullaby" albums from 2022 onward. Klass then went into television and radio presenting, hosting series including Popstar to Operastar (2010–2011) and BBQ Champ (2015) on ITV and The One Show (2007) on BBC One. She was a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women in 2014 and again from 2024 onwards.

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1978

April 6

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1978 Born

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-46 Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
402 Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
945 Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII crowns his son Romanos II as co-emperor.
1320 The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.

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The world in 1978

When Myleene arrived

april 14 Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
april 17 Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
april 27 John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
april 27 The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Claire Morissette 1950– Canadian cycling activist (died 2007) Gerry Mulligan 1927–1996 American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1996) Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903–1990 American engineer and academic (died 1990) James Wade 1983– English darts player James Watson 1928–2025 American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025) Jean-Marc Boivin 1951–1990 French skier, mountaineer, and pilot (died 1990) Jean-Pierre Changeux 1936– French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic Johann Kuhnau 1660–1722 German organist and composer (died 1722) Maimonides 1135–1204 Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, physician and astronomer (March 30 also proposed, died 1204)

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Anamaria Marinca 1978– Romanian-English actress Andrew Rannells 1978– American actor and singer Ariel Pink 1978– American singer-songwriter Chad Johnson 1978– American football player Eiður Guðjohnsen 1978– Icelandic footballer Faye White 1978– English footballer Frederic Leclercq 1978– French heavy metal musician Gwendoline Christie 1978– English actress Hayley Wickenheiser 1978– Canadian ice hockey player

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