Birthday Alarm: Greeting Cards and Reminders

~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• Bette Midler
   (actress, singer)
• Woody Allen
   (film director)
• Lee Trevino
   (golfer)
• Richard Pryor
   (comedian)
• Treat Williams
   (actor)
• Lou Rawls
   (singer)
• Julie Condra
   (actress)
• Cyril Ritchard
   (actor)
• Mieczyslaw Rakowski
   (Polish Prime Minister)
• Mary Martin
   (actress, singer)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1167 towns from Northern Italy form the Lombardi League.
• Today in 1742 all Jews are ordered to leave Russia by Empress Elisabeth Petrovna.
• Today in 1930 Ruth Nichols becomes the first female pilot to cross the continent.