Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for July 13: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: "Jeopardy!") is 101. Actor Patrick Stewart is 85. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is 83. Actor Harrison Ford is 83. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 79.

Today in History for July 13: On this date: In 100 B.C., Julius Caesar, the most famous general in Roman history, was born. In 1762, Czar Peter III of Russia was dethroned in a coup.

Today in Music History for July 13: In 1769, hymn-writer Thomas Kelly, an Irish Episcopal clergyman, was born. He authored 765 hymns, including "Praise the Savior," "Ye Who Know Him.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 12: Disgraced actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 88. Actress Denise Nicholas ("In the Heat of the Night") is 81. Singer-songwriter Butch Hancock is 80. Singer Walter Egan is 77. Actress Cheryl Ladd ("Charlie's Angels") is 74.

Today in History for July 12: On this date: In 1191, the armies of the Third Crusade (1189-92), led by England's King Richard I (The Lionhearted), captured the Syrian seaport of Acre, now located in northern Israel.

Today in Music History for July 12: In 1943, Christine McVie, vocalist and keyboards player with "Fleetwood Mac," was born in Birmingham, England.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 15: Actor Patrick Wayne is 86. Singer Millie Jackson is 81. Guitarist-singer Peter Lewis of Moby Grape is 80. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 79. Drummer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 14: Actress Nancy Olson is 97. Former football player-turned actor Rosey Grier is 93. Actor Vincent Pastore ("The Sopranos") is 79. Music company executive Tommy Mottola is 76. Actor-director Eric Laneuville is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 19: Singer Vikki Carr is 85. Blues singer-musician Little Freddie King is 85. Actor George Dzundza is 80. Singer-bassist Alan Gorrie of Average White Band is 79. International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Ilie Nastase is 79.

Celebrity Birthdays for July 13: Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: "Jeopardy!") is 101. Actor Patrick Stewart is 85. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is 83. Actor Harrison Ford is 83. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 79.