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We haven't done a new edition of "A History of..." in so long! So herewith a new episode of our exhaustively researched 100% true* constantly on "hiatus" series... today's subject is Winona Ryder who turned 40 this weekend.

1971 Near Lake Winona in Minnesota an immaculately beautiful girl child "Winona Laura Horowitz" is born to Cynthia Palmer and Michael Horowitz. Three wise men, family friends, attend the birth: poet Allen Ginsberg gifts her with angel-headed hispterism and non-conformity (the things she'll say in early interviews!), scifi author Philip K Dick gifts her with the ability to question reality itself (her onscreen eye-rolling will become legendary!), and her godfather LSD guru Timothy Leary will gift her wi ---- so much history to get through! We'd better keep moving.

1978 The Horowitzes move from Minnesota to a ranch commune in California and live with 7 other families so that young "Noni" will not feel alone... utterly alone.

For nearly a quarter century, lovely actress Winona Ryder has been making legions of cinema-goers fall in love with her. Though she’s had her share of personal troubles, she is now experiencing a career resurgence. Ever charming, always entrancing, sorely missed of late ... the doe-eyed beauty is back. Winona Ryder was born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29th, 1971 in Olmstead, Minnesota (not far from Winona, Minnesota, for which she was named). She is the daughter of Michael Horowitz, author, editor, publisher, and antiquarian bookseller, and Cynthia Palmer, writer, editor and video producer. Winona has a younger brother named Uri, as well as an older half-sister, Sunyata, and an older half-brother, Jubal. As the daughter of self-described hippies (not that there’s anything wrong with that), Winona’s godfather was Lsd guru Dr. Timothy Leary (for whom her father was an archivist). When Winona was 7-years-old...