–"Weird" Al Yankovic's celebrating his 48th
–author Michael Crichton ("Jurassic Park") is 65
–Brazilian soccer legend Pele, born 67 years ago
–the late singer Charles Foxx ("Mockingbird") would've been 69
–the late Johnny Carson (the "Tonight Show"), born 1925
–the "Father of Food Canning", Nicholas Appert, would be 256