Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for April 26: Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 92. Record producer/songwriter Giorgio Moroder is 85. '60s pop singer Claudine Clark is 84. Playwright-broadcaster Erika Ritter is 77. Singer Jimmy Hall (Wet Willie) is 76.

Celebrity Birthdays for April 20: Walter Ostanek, "Canada's Polka King," is 90. Actor George Takei ("Star Trek") is 88. Bluegrass singer-musician Doyle Lawson (Quicksilver) is 81. Actress Judith O'Dea is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for April 21: Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 93. Singer Iggy Pop is 78. Actress Patti LuPone is 76. Actor Tony Danza is 74. Actor James Morrison is 71. Actress Andie MacDowell is 67. Singer Robert Smith of The Cure is 66.

Celebrity Birthdays for April 23: Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 95. Actor Lee Majors ("Six Million Dollar Man") is 86. Actress Blair Brown is 79. Actress Joyce DeWitt ("Three's Company") is 76. Writer-director Paul Brickman is 76.

Today in History for May 3: On this date: In 495, Pope St. Gelasius I decreed that his spiritual power as supreme pontiff was superior to the temporal power of Emperor Anastasius. It was called the Gelasian Decree. In 1074, St.

Today in History for April 29: In 1429, Joan of Arc entered Orleans, France to score her great victory in driving out the English. In 1607, English settlers established the first Anglican church in the American colonies at Cape Henry, Va.

Today in History for May 1: In 1688, the first stone was laid for Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Place Royal, Que. It is Canada's oldest surviving church. In 1707, Scotland and England were united under the name Great Britain.

Today in History for April 30: In 311, Roman Emperor Galerius issued the first edict of toleration for Christianity, ending three centuries of persecution.

Today in History for April 27: In 1278, St. Zita, patroness of servants, died. She was credited with many miracles in helping the poor in Italy.

Today in Music History for April 29: In 1899, jazz musician, composer and bandleader Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington was born in Washington, D.C.