Today in History

Today's Birthdays

• Frank McCourt (78)
  author of Angela's Ashes; writers John Dryden (1631-1700) and Ogden Nash (1902-1971) share this birth date
• Orville Wright (1871-1948)
  aviation pioneer
• Coco Chanel (1883-1971)
  fashion designer who popularized the "little black dress"
• Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991)
  creator of Star Trek
• Bill Clinton (62)
  first Democratic president since FDR elected to a second term
• Matthew Perry (39)
  Chandler Bing on Friends; also, performers Jill St. John (68), Fred Thompson (66), Gerald McRaney (61), Jonathan Frakes (56), Peter Gallagher (53), Adam Arkin (52), Martin Donovan (51), John Stamos (45), Kevin Dillon and Kyra Sedgwick (both 43) and Lil' Romeo (19)

What defines the world today?