Today's Birthdays:

Jason Biggs

1978

Actor (American Pie, Jersey Girl) (Age: 30)

Kim Fields-Freeman

1969

Actress (T-V's Facts of Life and Living Single) (Age: 39)

Tony Hawk

1968

Skateboarding icon (Age: 40)

Stephen Baldwin

1966

The actor (The Usual Suspects; Biodome) appeared on the reality shows Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge in 2007 and Celebrity Apprentice in 2008. (Age: 42)

Eddie Kilgallon

1965

Ricochet (Age: 43)

Emilio Estevez

1962

Actor (The Outsiders; Repo Man; The Breakfast Club; St. Elmo's Fire; Young Guns; The Mighty Ducks) (Age: 46)

Ving Rhames

1961

Actor (Pulp Fiction; Mission: Impossibles 1-3) (Age: 47)

Kix Brooks

1955

Brooks and Dunn (Age: 53)

Gabriel Byrne

1950

Actor (Miller's Crossing; The Usual Suspects) (Age: 58)

Bruce Boxleitner

1950

Actor (Tron, Babylon 5; Scarecrow and Mrs. King) Married to Melissa Gilbert. (Age: 58)

Billy Swan

1944

The onetime Graceland security guard found his place on the charts in '74 with "I Can Help."  (Age: 64)

Linda Dano

1943

Actress (T-V soap Another World)-talk show host (Age: 65)

George Carlin

1937

Comedian (Age: 71)

Tom Snyder

1936 -
2007

The longtime TV news anchor and talk show host (The Tomorrow Show; The Late, Late Show) died from complications of leukemia on July 29th, 2007 at 71. 

Yogi Berra

1925

Baseball legend-movie critic-pitchman (Age: 83)

Katharine Hepburn

1907 -
2003

She won four Best Actress Oscars, for On Golden Pond, The Lion In Winter, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and Morning Glory and received eight other Academy Award nominations, for Long Day's Journey Into Night, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Rainmaker, Summertime, The African Queen, Woman of the Year, The Philadelphia Story and Alice Adams. She died June 29th, 2003 at 96.

This Day In History:

2006

Brooks and Dunn kick off their Long Haul Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina with opening acts Sugarland and Jack Ingram,

2004

A month after the multi-billion-dollar porn industry began a self-imposed moratorium on filming -- following the revelation that several performers had been infected with H-I-V -- porn star-turned-healthcare worker Sharon Mitchell says it's again safe to hit the mattresses.

2003

New rules require airlines to increase the presumed p****enger weight to 190 pounds, up from 180 pounds.

2001

Darryl Worley marries Beverly Dean Irvin.

2001

Tim McGraw receives an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

2000

New Mexico wildfires sweep through Los Alamos, burning more than 260 homes and forcing 7,000 in a suburb to flee. Flames scorch part of the nuclear-weapons facility, but officials say the materials there are safe. The National Park Service official who ordered the intial "controlled" burn is placed on leave.

1999

George Jones pleads guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from a near-fatal car wreck outside of Nashville two months earlier. He's indicted by a Tennessee grand jury on three counts-driving while impaired, reckless driving and a violation of the state's open-container law.

1999

Tim McGraw's A Place in the Sun album debuts at the top of Billboard's Top 200 chart, having sold more than 251-thousand copies in its first week of release.

1998

Tracy Byrd's I'm From the Country album is released.

1995

Ty Herndon hits number-one on Radio & Records' country chart with "What Mattered Most," his debut hit.

1990

Rudy Gatlin (of the Gatlin Brothers) marries Kim Herman.

1990

Travis Tritt scores his first number-one hit as "Help Me Hold On" tops Billboard's country chart.

1984

Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias top Billboard's country chart with "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" two days before the single goes gold.

1982

Ricky Skaggs joins the Grand Ole Opry.

1976

Jockey Steve Cauthen rides in his first race at age of 18.

1970

Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs slams his 500th career homer.

1966

The Saint Louis Cardinals open Busch Stadium with a win over the Braves.

1963

Bobby Bare's "Detroit City" wins Best Country & Western Performance at the 6th Annual Grammy Awards. It's the final year of just a single country Grammy; in 1964 the number of country categories will jump to six. 

1959

Elizabeth Taylor marries singer Eddie Fisher.

1951

Hank Williams tops Billboard's country chart with "Cold, Cold Heart."

1940

Germany invades France.

1938

Chemists at Sandoz synthesize L-S-D in the lab for the first time.

1932

The kidnapped baby son of aviator Charles Lindbergh is found dead.

About 45-feet beneath the ocean's surface off the coast of Florida lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches. The Neptune Memorial Reef is seen by its creators as a perfect final resting spot for those who loved the sea. They hope that one day the reef will cover 16 acres and have room for 125-thousand remains. Gary Levine, a diver who conceived the reef and is now a shareholder in the company that owns it, says, "This is simply as good as it gets." The Neptune Memorial Reef is located in open waters three-and-a-quarter miles off the coast of Key Biscayne, which means any certified diver can visit. The artificial reef's first phase allows for about 850 remains. The ashes are mixed with cement designed for underwater use and fitted into a mold, which a diver then places and secures into the reef. A copper and bronze plaque is installed with the person's name, date of birth and death. There is also a line for a message. --Originally reported by the AP

A bizarre road rage case in which a man rammed a woman's vehicle with his S-U-V last week took an even stranger turn when he told police his reason for doing it. Leonard Litt told Waukesha, Wisconsin police, "I thought it was my dad that I was ramming and that is why I was doing it," according to the criminal complaint filed against him. "I didn't know it wasn't him." Litt, 30, declined to say any more to the detective about the incident, and no explanation is given in court records about why Litt might have been after his father. Litt was charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety, a felony, and hit-and-run, a misdemeanor. Waukesha police also issued Litt a municipal citation for operating while intoxicated. Court Commissioner Martin Binn said Litt's explanation for the incident was "almost unbelievable." --Originally reported by The Miwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Authorities in Texas have filed corpse-abuse charges against three men who allegedly removed a skull from a grave and used it as a bong. Kevin Wade Jones Junior, Matthew Gonzalez and a juvenile whose name has not been released are each charged with abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor. Jones claimed he and his friends used shovels to dig up the body and removed the corpse's head with a garden tool, according to police. Jones also revealed he and the other two boys took the severed head to the juvenile's home, where they used the skull as a "bong" to smoke marijuana. The Harris County District Attorney's Office confirmed that misdemeanor abuse of corpse charges have been filed in the case. Police found the cemetery and a grave that had been disturbed but are still investigating the rest of the story. Houston police believe the teens disturbed the grave of an 11-year-old boy who died in 1921.--Originally reported by The Houston Chronicle.

A two-year-old girl bouncing on a bed bounced out an open second-story window in Denver last week, but the toddler appears to have escaped with only cuts and bruises, authorities said. The little girl, who was not identified, was playing with two siblings. Her mother was at home; her father was at work. In statement, police said, "It is important to remember with warmer weather not to allow children to play near windows. Even window screens can give way leading to accidents. Do not place furniture under windows and do not open windows wide enough children can fit through." Police have not determined whether any charges are appropriate.

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POP TRIVIA: On tv's "The Facts Of Life", Tootie's real first name was Dorothy.