Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., is 91.

Actress Estelle Parsons is 81.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden is 66.

Actress Veronica Hamel is 65.

Singer Joe Walsh is 61.

Actor Richard Masur is 60.

Actress Bo Derek is 52.

Actress Sean Young is 49.

Actress Ming-Na is 45.

Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 43.

Actress Callie Thorne is 39.

Actress Marisa Ryan is 34.

Country singer Dierks Bentley is 33.

Country singer Josh Turner is 31.

Actress Nadine Velazquez is 30.

Actor Cody Linley is 19.

History highlights

On Nov. 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

In 1959, the United Nations issued its "Declaration of the Rights of the Child."

In 1967, the Census Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200,000,000.

In 1992, fire seriously damaged Windsor Castle, the favorite weekend home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1998, forty-six states embraced a $206 billion settlement with cigarette makers over health costs for treating sick smokers.

In 2003, Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation in Santa Barbara, Calif. (Jackson was later acquitted at trial.)