Birthday Alarm: Greeting Cards and Reminders

~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• Troy Aikmen
   (football player)
• Goldie Hawn
   (actress)
• Ken Griffey, Jr.
   (baseball player)
• Marlo Thomas
   (actress)
• Tina Brown
   (Vanity Fair editor in chief)
• Harold Ramis
   (actor, film director)
• Mariel Hemingway
   (actress)
• Rene Magritte
   (painter)
• Dr. William Beaumont
   (studied human digestion)
• Juliet Mills
   (actress)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1871 the cigar lighter is patented by Moses Gale.
• Today in 1980 the "Who Shot JR?" episode on "Dallas" is viewed by over 50 million.
• Today in 1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" goes to the top of the charts and stays there for ten weeks.