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The role of US sports leagues in publishing athlete birth dates
Athlete birth dates come from league roster pages, but state vital records can disagree. See how MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL publish and correct dates.
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How Los Angeles celebrity birthdays are set and checked
Los Angeles celebrity birthdays begin as publicity decisions and end at California vital records. Here is how a published date is set, corrected and checked.
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No shortcuts here: June birthdays turn on the basics
June birthdays: the pipeline an entry travels through stage by stage, why precision is data in its own right, and why cleaning a record is really editing.
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Athletes born in August, and how the dates are checked
Athletes born in August, from Usain Bolt to Kobe Bryant, and the records offices, league guides and time zone quirks that verify each birth date.
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Why do the usual assumptions about young celebrities with July birthdays keep failing?
July birthday lists for young celebrities look settled, but a date is only as firm as the record behind it and the clock it was recorded on.
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4 details of musicians with March birthdays people miss
Four March-born musicians show how a birth date gets fixed, shifted or copied wrong, from Aretha Franklin to Chopin and the clock that moved a day.
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How to make sense of musicians with late-year birthdays (2027 update)
Musicians born in November or December sit at the end of the calendar, and their birth dates need a second source like a birth certificate before you publish them.
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Athletes with January birthdays: the parts worth your attention
Athletes with January birthdays: the universal birthday convention, the three different ages one athlete can have, and what a sports entry should record.