Today's Birthdays:

Andre Agassi

1970

Tennis star (Age: 38)

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Uma Thurman

1970

She got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Pulp Fiction in 1995. She's also appeared in Dangerous Liaisons, Batman & Robin, The Avengers, Kill Bill, Be Cool, and The Producers. She was formerly married to actor Ethan Hawke. (Age: 38)

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Richard Raines

1965

Perfect Stranger (Age: 43)

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Stephanie Bentley

1963

Singer, songwriter - hit duet with Ty Herndon ("Heart Half Empty") (Age: 45)

Michelle Pfeiffer

1958

She's received two Best Actress Oscar nominations, for The Fabulous Baker Boys and Love Field and one for Best Supporting Actress, for Dangerous Liaisons. Her other films include Batman Returns, Dangerous Minds, One Fine Day and White Oleander. (Age: 50)

Daniel Day-Lewis

1957

He won Best Actor Oscars in 1990 for My Left Foot and 2008 for There Will Be Blood and was also nominated for In the Name of the Father and Gangs of New York. His other films include The Boxer, The Last of the Mohicans, A Room With a View and My Beautiful Laundrette. (Age: 51)

Kate Mulgrew

1955

Actress ("Commander Janeway" on Star Trek: Voyager). (Age: 53)

Jerry Seinfeld

1954

Comic and T-V icon (Seinfeld) (Age: 54)

Dale Earnhardt

1951 -
2001

The NASCAR great died in a crash on February 18th, 2001.

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Wayne Secrest

1950

Confederate Railroad (Age: 58)

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Duane Allen

1943

Oak Ridge Boys (Age: 65)

Ike Everly

1908 -
1975

The father of Don and Phil was a bluegrass star in his own right.

This Day In History:

2005

Brooks and Dunn's "It's Getting Better All the Time" tops Radio & Records' country chart. It will top Billboard's chart on April 30th.

2005

Sara Evans is named one of of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" alongside such stars as Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Eva Longoria.

2004

President Bush and Vice President Cheney appear before the committee investigating the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.

2001

Model Nikki Taylor is critically injured in a car accident. The driver, James Renegar, crashed into a utility pole when he reached down to answer his cell phone. Taylor suffers massive internal bleeding and damage to her lungs and liver.

2000

Garth Brooks performs at the Equality Rocks concert at R-F-K Stadium in Washington D-C. Other acts on the bill include Melissa Etheridge, k-d lang, George Michael and Chaka Khan.

2000

George Strait kicks off his third annual Country Music Festival tour. The all-star lineup includes Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, Mark Chesnutt, Lee Ann Womack and Asleep at the Wheel.

1999

Benjamin Bratt announces he is leaving Law & Order.

1999

Don Johnson takes his fifth trip down the aisle, marrying 30-year old Kelley Phleger, a nursery-school teacher.

1997

Astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev take the first joint American-Russian space walk.

1995

Brooks and Dunn top Billboard's country chart with "Little Miss Honky Tonk."

1994

South Africa holds its first inter-racial national election.

1992

Doug Stone undergoes quadruple bypass surgery.

1990

The destruction of the Berlin Wall begins.

1989

George Strait's Beyond the Blue Neon album is certified gold.

1988

Burt Reynolds marries Loni Anderson.

1982

Alabama's Mountain Music album is certified gold and platinum.

1975

The American embassy in Vietnam is evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fight their way into Saigon.

1974

President Nixon announces he will release edited transcripts of secretly made White House tape recordings relating to the Watergate scandal.

1970

U-S and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia.

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WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS

Four people were arrested last week trying to make a porn video in a Japanese McDonald's -- in full view of other customers! One of the eyewitnesses said he called cops because "there was one young woman surrounded by all those much older guys, so I thought something fishy was going on." Actor Yura Ochai was caught red-handed with his hand up the skirt of actress Nahoko Shimada -- while seated at a corner table out of sight of counter workers. One porn industry insider told the Mainichi Daily News, "Filming that way is basically like screaming out to the cops, 'Hey, come and arrest me.'"--originally reported by the Mainichi Daily News

Two women in Washington State contacted authorities last week to claim they'd been sexually assaulted by ghosts. The women initially reported the assaults to the maintenance man at their apartment complex, but he sent them to cops who contacted a local "ghost hunter." The paranormal expert said he couldn't immediately confirm the otherworldly activities, saying "A lot of times you'll find it might be medications that they're taking or something psychological."--originally reported by the Seattle Times

A religious beekeeper in Serbia has started making beehives shaped like tiny monasteries and churches because he believes that "bees have a soul too." Slobodan Jeftic, who has modeled all of his hives after famed Orthodox shrines, says "It means that as well as taking care of my bees so that they have a place to live and make their honey, I am also taking care of their souls."-- originally reported by Glas Javnosti [Serbia]

A woman who told police that the devil was driving her car after she killed a mother and daughter has been cleared of causing vehicular manslaughter in Leicester [pr: lester], England last year. It took a jury only 15 minutes to acquit Gemma Montanero, who testified, "Somebody had their foot on my foot and their hand on my hand -- it wasn't me driving, it was Satan." No word on whether Beelzebub will stand trial next.-- originally reported by the B-B-C.