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George Miller, Director, producer ("Mad Max" films), turns 68
Singer Jennifer Warnes is 66.
Miranda Richardson, Actress, turns 55
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Olympic track and field gold medalist 51
Herschel Walker - 51 (Former NFL star who's working out his mid-life crisis through mixed martial arts.
Rapper Tone-Loc is 47. Rap legend. Biggest hits: "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medi na".
John Carter Cash - 43 (Son of Johnny and June Carter Cash.)
Julie Bowen - 43 (Claire on ABC's "Modern Family" which is one of the funniest family comedies) she was Denise Bauer on "Boston Legal", and Matthew Fox's estranged wife who went from crippled to NOT-crippled on "Lost"
Actor David Faustino is 39. (Bud Bundy on "Married with Children".)
Actress Jessica Biel is 31. Justin Timberlake taps that and married it .
Jean Harlow 3/3/1911 - 6/7/1937 American movie actress
Alexander Graham Bell - (1847 - 1922)
1897 - A young carpentermixed fruit flavoring into gelatin and started selling the concoction door-to-door. His wife called it JELL-O. It didn't sell well, so he sold the trademark two years later for $450. Today, 13 boxes of it are sold EVERY SECOND in the U.S.
1931 - "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" officially became the National Anthem of the United States.
1966 - WILLIAM FRAWLEY, the old-school comedy genius who WAS Fred Mertz on "I Love Lucy", died of a heart attack at the age of 79.
1966 - JOHN LENNON told the "London Evening Standard" that THE BEATLES were MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS.
1982 - WAYNE GRETZKY broke the NHL record for goals scored in one season with his 77th goal. In the last two minutes of the game, he scored numbers 78 and 79.
1988 - LUCIANO PAVAROTTI set the record for curtain calls when an audience in West Berlin gave him a 67-MINUTE STANDING OVATION . . . calling the tenor back to the stage 165 times.
1991 - MOTORIST RODNEY KING was severely beaten by Los Angeles PO-lice officers in a scene captured on amateur video.
1999 - MONICA LEWINSKY opened her mouth . . . on TV with BARBARA WALTERS, and discussed some of her fondest and most painful memories from her relationship with PRESIDENT CLINTON.
2006 - GARY GLITTER was convicted of committing obscene acts on two girls, ages 10 and 11 but his sentence was WEAK. THREE YEARS!!! )
