~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• Leslie Uggams
   (singer, actress)
• Miles Davis
   (bandleader)
• Ann Heche
   (actress)
• Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
   (dancer, actor)
• Lauren Hill
   (singer)
• Mike Myers
   (comedian)
• Connie Selleca
   (actress)
• Beverly Sills
   (operatic soprano)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1810 Argentina separates from Napoleonic Spain, becoming its own nation and gaining independence.
• Today in 1915 there are over 100,000 dead following the second battle of Ypres during WWI.
• Today in 1978 the science fiction/fantasy motion picture "Star Wars" debuts.