Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 14: Olympic alpine skier Lucille Wheeler is 90. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 89. Actress Faye Dunaway is 84. Actress Holland Taylor (``Two and a Half Men,'' ''The Practice``) is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 13: TV personality Nick Clooney is 91. Actor Charlie Brill is 87. Actor Billy Gray (``Father Knows Best'') is 87. John Lees, lead guitarist with Barclay James Harvest, is 78. Guitarist Trevor Rabin of Yes is 71.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 15: Actress Margaret O'Brien ("Meet Me In St. Louis") is 88. TV and radio personality Dini Petty is 80. Retired ballerina Veronica Tennant is 79. Actress Andrea Martin is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 18: Movie director John Boorman is 92. Jazz pianist and bassist Don Thompson is 85. Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 84. Comedian-singer Brett Hudson of the Hudson Brothers is 72. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 70.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 12: Country singer William Lee Golden of the Oak Ridge Boys is 86. Jim Gold, lead singer of the '70s pop group Gallery, is 78. Actor Anthony Andrews is 77. Movie director Wayne Wang is 76.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 16: Author William Kennedy is 97. Author-editor Norman Podhoretz is 95. Opera singer Marilyn Horne is 91. Hall of Fame auto racer A.J. Foyt is 90. Singer Barbara Lynn is 83. Country singer Ronnie Milsap is 82.

Today in History for Jan. 20: In 1265, England's Parliament, representing English districts, cities and boroughs, met for the first time. In 1783, Britain and the United States signed an armistice, and fighting in the Revolutionary War ceased on Feb.

Today in History for Jan. 25: In AD 749, Emperor Leo IV of Byzantium was born. He led the Eastern Christian Church away from iconoclasm and towards a restoration of icons.

Today in History for Jan. 21: In 1525, the first Anabaptist baptismal service took place in Zurich, Switzerland, when Conrad Grebel re-baptized George Blaurock. In 1549, the British Parliament passed the first of four Acts of Uniformity.

Today in History for Jan. 24: In 1076, Germany's Henry IV convened the synod of Worms to secure the deposition of Pope Gregory VII. It charged the pontiff with serious crimes and called upon Rome to depose him. Henry was later excommunicated.