Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Today in History for Nov. 17: On this date: In 1558, Queen Mary I, known as Bloody Mary, who tried to return Protestant Britain to Catholicism, died.

Today in Music History for Nov. 17: In 1938, singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who became Canada's most famous, and arguably most important, pop musician in the late 1960s, was born in Orillia, Ont.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 16: Journalist Elizabeth Drew is 89. Country singer-songwriter Troy Seals is 86. Actress Joanna Pettet ("Knots Landing") is 82. World champion figure skater Maria Jelinek is 82. Actor Steve Railsback is 79.

Today in Music History for Nov. 16: In 1908, conductor Arturo Toscanini made his debut with the New York Metropolitan Opera with a performance of Verdi's "Aida.

Today in History for Nov. 16: On this date: In 1686, Britain and France signed the Treaty of Neutrality governing possession in North America in the event of war in Europe.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 19: Talk show host Dick Cavett is 88. Media mogul Ted Turner is 86. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 82. Fred Lipsius, former alto saxophonist and pianist with Blood, Sweat and Tears, is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 18: Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 85. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 85. Actress Linda Evans is 82. Actress Susan Sullivan is 82. Country singer Jacky Ward is 82. Actor Jameson Parker is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 21: Actor Laurence Luckinbill is 90. Actress Marlo Thomas is 87. Actor Rick Lenz is 85. Actress Juliet Mills ("Passions," ''Nanny and the Professor") is 83. Songwriter David Porter ("Soul Man") is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 23: Actor Franco Nero is 83. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas ("Basic Instinct," ''Showgirls") is 80. Comedy writer Bruce Vilanch ("Hollywood Squares") is 76. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 70.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 20: Actress Estelle Parsons is 97. Author Don DeLillo is 88. Comedian Dick Smothers is 86. Tony Butala of the pop vocal group The Lettermen is 86. Singer Norman Greenbaum is 82. US President Joe Biden is 82.