Actor Paul Picerni is 86. Singer Billy Paul is 74. Actor-director Woody Allen is 73. Golfer Lee Trevino is 69. Rock musician John Densmore (The Doors) is 64. Actress-singer Bette Midler is 63. Actor Treat Williams is 57. Actress-model Carol Alt is 48. Actor Jeremy Northam is 47. Actor Nestor Carbonell is 41. Actress Golden Brooks is 38. Actress-comedian Sarah Silverman is 38. Singer Sarah Masen is 33. Rock musician Brad Delson (Linkin Park) is 31. Actress Ashley Monique Clark is 20.

History highlights

On Dec. 1, 1913, the first drive-in automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company opened in Pittsburgh.

In 1921, the Navy flew the first nonrigid dirigible to use helium; the C-7 traveled from Hampton Roads, Va., to Washington, D.C.

In 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. Mrs. Parks was arrested, sparking a yearlong boycott of the buses by blacks.

In 1969, the U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.

In 1992, in Mineola, N.Y., Amy Fisher was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for shooting and seriously wounding Mary Jo Buttafuoco. (Fisher served seven years.)

In 2000, Vicente Fox was sworn in as president of Mexico, ending 71 years of ruling-party domination.