~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• Reggie Jackson
   (baseball player)
• Robert Morse
   (actor)
• Perry Como
   (singer)
• Pernell Roberts
   (actor)
• Frank Capra
   (film director)
• George Strait
   (singer)
• Dwayne Hickman
   (actor)
• Pope John Paul II
   (Catholic Church Leader)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1642 the city of Montr�al was discovered in Canada.
• Today in 1897 the very first Irish Music Festival was held in Dublin.
• Today in 1978 abortion is made legal in Italy.