Famous people with your birthday
* Drew Barrymore, actress
* George Washington, First President of the United States
* Ishmael Reed, writer
* Jonathan Demme, film director
This day in history
* 1295 BCE - The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple.
* 1853 - The Washington University is founded in St. Louis as Eliot Seminary.
* 1855 - The Pennsylvania State University is founded.
* 1856 - The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* 1857 - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts
* 1876 - Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland.
* 1879 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
* 1923 - The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
* 1959 - Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
* 1969 - The last time all four Beatles were together for a recording session.
* 1979 - Independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom.
Holidays and interesting facts
* World Thinking Day for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Donate to your college or support others' efforts to attend college