Actor Karl Slover ("The Wizard of Oz") is 90.

Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is 64.

Author Stephen King is 61.

Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 58.

Movie producer-writer Ethan Coen is 51.

Actress Cheryl Hines is 43.

Country singer Faith Hill is 41.

Rapper Dave (De La Soul) is 40.

Actor Luke Wilson is 37.

Actor Paulo Costanzo is 30.

TV personality Nicole Richie is 27.

On Sept. 21, 1897, the New York Sun ran its famous editorial that declared, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

In 1937, "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published.

In 1938, a hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming some 700 lives.

In 1983, in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Interior Secretary James G. Watt jokingly described a special advisory panel as consisting of "a black ... a woman, two Jews and a cripple." (Although Watt later apologized, he eventually resigned.)

In 1998, President Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony was publicly broadcast.