Movie director John Boorman is 75.

Actor-director Kevin Costner is 53.

Country singer Mark Collie is 52.

Actor Jesse L. Martin (inset, "Law & Order") is 39.

Rapper DJ Quik is 38.

Rock singer Jonathan Davis (Korn) is 37.

Actress Samantha Mumba is 25.

On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. (Scott and his party perished during the return trip.)

In 1943, a wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. -- aimed at reducing bakeries' demand for metal replacement parts -- went into effect.

In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed in prison in 1973.)

In 1990, a jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.