Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 75.

Singer Donovan is 62.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Banks (The Dramatics) is 57.

Rock singer Bono (U2) is 48.

Actor Kenan Thompson (inset) is 30.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 28.

History highlights

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director.

In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. That same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

In 2003, The New York Times announced on its Web site that one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, had "committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud," according to an investigation conducted by the paper.

In 2007, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would step down June 27.