Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 13: Actress Barbara Bain (TV's "Mission: Impossible") is 93. Actress Eileen Fulton ("As The World Turns") is 91. Animator Don Bluth is 87. Etiquette expert Judith Martin ("Miss Manners") is 86.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 9: Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 79. Country singer Freddy Weller (also of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is 77. Former NFL/CFL quarterback and football analyst Joe Theismann is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 12: Canadian boxing champion George Chuvalo is 87. Actress Linda Gray ("Dallas") is 84. Soprano Joan Patenaude is 83. Singer Maria Muldaur is 82. Author Michael Ondaatje is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 10: Actor Greg Mullavey ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman") is 91. Jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers is 84. Actor Tom Ligon ("Oz," ''Another World") is 84. Singer Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 11: Actor Earl Holliman is 96. Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is 89. Comedian Tom Dreesen is 85. Movie director Brian De Palma is 84. Actress Lola Falana is 82. Drummer Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 8: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 84. Actor Alan Feinstein is 83. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is 83. Singer Sal Valentino of The Beau Brummels is 82. Author Ann Beattie is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 14: Actor Walter Koenig ("Star Trek") is 88. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 84. Singer-actress Joey Heatherton is 80. Actor Sam Neill is 77. Singer John "Bowzer" Baumann of Sha Na Na is 77.

Today in Music History for Sept. 15: In 1903, Roy Acuff, the King of Country Music, was born in Maynardsville, Tenn. The songs he made famous during the 1930s and '40s became symbols of country music to audiences all over the world.

Today in Music History for Sept. 17: In 1923, Hank Williams, country music's most influential performer, was born in Mount Olive, Ala.

Today in Music History for Sept. 19: In 1910, Salomon Mazurette, called the King of Canadian Pianists, died in Detroit at the age of 63. In 1931, singer Brook Benton was born Benjamin Franklin Peay in Camden, S.C.