Actress Angela Lansbury is 83.

Actor Barry Corbin is 68.

Actress Suzanne Somers is 62.

Rock singer-musician Bob Weir is 61.

Producer-director David Zucker is 61.

Actor Daniel Gerroll is 57.

Actor-director Tim Robbins is 50.

Actor Randy Vasquez is 47.

Rock musician Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 46.

Actress Terri J. Vaughn is 39.

Singer Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 39.

Singer John Mayer is 31.

Actor Jeremy Jackson is 28.

Actress Brea Grant ("Heroes") is 27.

History highlights

In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.

In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic, in Brooklyn, N.Y.

In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving "black power" salutes during a victory ceremony after they'd won gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter race.

In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.

In 1987, rescuers in Midland, Texas, freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl trapped in an abandoned well.