History Lesson

66 David Gilmour /guitarist-vocalist, Pink Floyd
65 Rob Reiner /actor-director, TV's All In The Family, When Harry Met Sally
53 Tom Arnold /actor, True Lies, former hubby of Roseanne
40 Shaquille O'Neal /NBA star

(1475) Michelangelo /born in Capeece, Italy, the artist was employed by several popes and spent four-and-a-half years single-handedly painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

1998 - Singer Liam Gallagher of Oasis was charged in an Australian court after he allegedly headbutted a fan, breaking that fan's nose.

1930 - The first frozen food was sold, in Springfield, Massachusetts. The marketing of frozen foods was the brainstorm of Clarence Birdseye, who shrugged off the publicity and claimed most of the credit ought to go to the Eskimos.

1836 - The Alamo, in San Antonio, Texas, fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.