Famous people with your birthday
* Brandy, singer and actress
* Burt Reynolds, actor
* Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general
* Eva Gabor, actress
* Kelly Rowland, singer
* Max Baer, boxer and actor
* Sheryl Crow, musician
* Sidney Sheldon, author
* Thomas Alva Edison, inventor
This day in history
* 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, 1st hospital in the United States, opens.
* 1809 - Robert Fulton patents the steamboat
* 1941 - First Gold record presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
* 1990 - Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.
* 2006 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots Harry Whittington in the face while the two are hunting together.
Holidays and interesting facts
* National Youth Day in Cameroon.
* National Inventors' Day in the United States.
* National Foundation Day in Japan
Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Use cloth napkins.