Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 4: Actress Loretta Swit ("MASH") is 86. Singer Delbert McClinton is 83. Singer-guitarist Chris Difford of Squeeze is 69. Country singer Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters is 63. Actress Kathy Griffin is 63.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 3: Actress Lois Smith is 93. Harpist Judy Loman is 87. Nick Simper, original bass guitarist with Deep Purple, is 78. Actor-radio personality Shadoe Stevens ("Dave's World") is 76. Singer Lulu is 75.

Today in History for Nov. 7: On this date: In 1659, the Pyrenees were designated as the boundary between France and Spain, thus ending a 24-year war between the two countries. In 1665, the "London Gazette" was published for the first time.

Today in History for Nov. 8 On this date: In 1308, medieval scholar Duns Scotus died. His given name led to the introduction of the word dunce.

Today in Music History for Nov. 10: In 1916, Canadian contralto Marguerite Paquet was born in Quebec City.

Today in History for Nov. 9 On this date: In 1674, the great English poet John Milton died in London. His most famous work was "Paradise Lost," an epic poem about man's fall from God's grace.

Today in Music History for Nov. 6: In 1814, Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, was born in Belgium. In 1854, John Philip Sousa, the king of American march music, was born in Washington, D.C.

Today in History for Nov. 5: In 1605, Guy Fawkes was found in the basement of Britain's Parliament Buildings, along with 36 barrels of gunpowder.

Today in Music History for Nov. 5: In 1946, singer, songwriter and guitarist Gram Parsons was born in Winter Haven, Fla.

Today in History for Nov. 6: In 1689, blacks arrived by ship to Quebec -- probably the first recorded use of black slaves in Canada.