Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 1: Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is 95. Jazz guitarist Sonny Greenwich is 89. Actor Frank Langella is 87. Singer-guitarist Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 31: TV producer George Schlatter is 95. Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is 87. Actress Sarah Miles is 83. Guitarist Andy Summers of The Police is 82. Actor Sir Ben Kingsley is 81. Producer-director Taylor Hackford is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 30: Actor Russ Tamblyn is 90. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is 89. Singer Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary is 87. Director James Burrows ("Cheers," ''Taxi") is 84.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 3: Singer-songwriter Van Dyke Parks is 82. Singer Stephen Stills is 80. Bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is 79. Actress Victoria Principal is 75. Actor-director Mel Gibson is 69. Actress Shannon Sturges is 57.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan 2: Country singer Dick Feller (a.k.a. Deena Kaye Rose) is 82. Chick Churchill, organist with Ten Years After, is 79. TV host Jack Hanna ("Jack Hanna's Into the Wild") is 78. Actress Wendy Phillips is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 29: Actress Barbara Steele is 87. Actor Jon Voight is 86. Singer-commedienne Dinah Christie is 82. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 78. Hall of Fame Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. is 78. Actor Ted Danson is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 4: Actress Dyan Cannon is 88. British jazz-rock guitarist John McLaughlin is 83. Country singer Kathy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 70. Guitarist Bernard Sumner of New Order (and Joy Division) is 69.

Today in Music History for Jan. 10: In 1917, legendary record producer Jerry Wexler was born in The Bronx, N.Y.

Today in History for Jan. 7: In 1450, in Scotland, the University of Glasgow was founded. In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo discovered the four satellites of Jupiter and named them Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

Today in History for Jan. 10: In A.D. 236, Fabian was elected pope of the early Christian Church. He served until 250, when he became the first martyr under Decius, the emperor who initiated the Roman Empire-wide persecution of Christians.