Birthdays celebrants today include:
historian and story writer Washington Irving in 1783;
author and naturalist John Burroughs in 1837;
publisher Henry Luce in 1898;
actress and "fan dancer" Sally Rand in 1904;
actress Doris Day in 1924 (age 82)
and actor Marlon Brando also in 1924;
astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom in 1926;
anthropologist Jane Goodall in 1934 (age 72);
actress Marsha Mason and entertainer Wayne Newton,
both in 1942 (age 64);
singer Tony Orlando in 1944 (age 62);
actors Alec Baldwin in 1958 (age 48)
and David Hyde Pierce in 1959 (age 47);
actor/comedian Eddie Murphy in 1961 (age 45);
actress Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills 90210") and Olympic
skier Picabo Street, both in 1971 (age 35).
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