–late actress Dana Plato ("Diff'rent Strokes") would be 44
–Canadian rocker Nick Gilder's blowing out 57 candles
–singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell ("Help Me") turns 65
–singer/producer Johnny Rivers ("Memphis) was 66 years ago
–the late singer Dee Clark ("Raindrops"), born in 1938
–Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, & Mary fame celebrates her 71st
–the late trumpeter Al Hirt ("Java"), 1922
–Russian Communist & revolutionary Leon Trotsky would've been 129