–actress Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars") is 51
–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, born in 1949
–singer Elvin Bishop ("Fooled Around & Fell In Love"), 66
–("Booker T. & the MG's") band member Steve Cropper's 67
–rocker Manfred Mann celebrates his 68th
–Jimmy Beaumont (of the "Skyliners") blows out 68 candles
–actress Joyce Randolph (Trixie on "The Honeymooners"), is 82
–dynamite inventor & peace prize creator Alfred Nobel, 1833