Famous people with your birthday
* Caron Wheeler, singer
* Desi Arnaz, Jr., actor
* Dolly Parton, singer and actress
* Edgar Allan Poe, writer and poet
* Janis Joplin, singer
* Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, former United Nations Secretary General
* John H. Johnson, publisher
* Lysander Spooner, philosopher
* "Minnesota Fats", billiards player
* Paul Cézanne, painter
* Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general
This day in history
* 1883 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
* 1915 - George Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
* 1935 - Coopers Inc. sold the world's first briefs.
* 1937 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
* 1966 - Indira Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India.
* 1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
* 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America will continue until 2003.
* 1983 - The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Computer, Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
Holidays and interesting facts
* The Poe Toaster commemorates the death of Edgar Allan Poe at his grave in Baltimore.
Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* If you have an old Apple Lisa other unused electronic equipment, recycle it!