Birthday Alarm: Greeting Cards and Reminders

~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• Marie Curie
   (physicist, chemist)
• James Cook
   (British captain)
• Johnny Rivers
   (singer )
• Keith Lockhart
   (Boston Pops conductor)
• Joni Mitchell
   (singer, songwriter)
• Billy Graham
   (evangelist)
• Leon Trotsky
   (Russian revolutionary)
• Joe Niekro
   (baseball player)
• Dana Plato
   (actress)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1805 explorers Lewis and Clark first sight the Pacific Ocean.
• Today in 1837 abolitionist and publisher, Elijah Lovejoy, is murdered by a proslavery mob at Alton, Illinois.
• Today in 1976 "Gone With the Wind" makes its television debut.