(capital letters... a nice break)...

I share a birthday with:
Morgan Freeman
Andy Griffith
Paul Coffey
Ron Wood (Rolling Stones guitarist)
Alanis Morissette
Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe)


They died on my birthday:
Helen Keller


On my birthday:
1495 - First written record of Scotch Whiskey
1915 - First zeppelin air raid over England
1938 - Superman comics introduced
1941 - Germany bans Catholic publications
1967 - The Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band in U.S.A.
1975 - Ron Woods becomes new Rolling Stones guitarist (on his birthday... smashing)
1990 - The Cowboy Channel begins broadcasting





Incidentally, today marks the birthday of:
Ann Landers
Vinny Castilla

And today marks:
1776 - The signing of the Declaration of Independance
1827 - Slavery abolished in New York
1862 - Lewis Carol writes Alice in Wonderland
1888 - First organized rodea held
1941 - Howard Florey and Norman Heatly meet for the first time and recreate penicilin eleven days later
1942 - First American bombing run over Nazi-held Europe
1956 - America's most concentrated rainfall recorded (1.23" in one minute)