Happy Birthday to country singer Katrina Elam (1983), TV's "Blossom" Mayim Bialik (1975), WWE wrestling's Rey Mysterio, Jr. (1974), "Dark Water" actress Jennifer Connelly (1970), 80s pop-star drummer Sheila E. (1957), jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. (1943; d. 1999), Allman Brother's Band singer/guitarist Dickie Betts (1943), singer/"psychic friend" Dionne Warwick (1940), singer Connie Francis (1938), "The Price is Right" host Bob Barker (1923), crooner Frank Sinatra (1915; 1998), actor Edward G. Robinson (1893; d. 1973), and Norwegian "Scream" artist Edvard Munch (1863; d. 1944).

Happy Birthday to WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio (1974), Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx (1958), singer Jermaine Jackson (1954), TV/film actress Teri Garr (1949), Country singer Brenda Lee (1944), Massachusetts senator John Kerry (1943), TV and film actress Donna Mills (1942), Puerto Rican singer/dancer Rita Moreno (1931), and American blues singer Big Mama Thornton (1920; d. 1984).

The original WWE special “The Smackdown Special” tears into Tuesday with an extra hour of practically-live all-Superstar action, originating earlier this evening from Cincinnati, on Tuesday, Nov. 29 , on UPN. The expected highlight of the evening will be a bout between the colorfully masked, 5-foot, 6-inch-tall, 165 lb. Rey Mysterio and his long-time rival, the 7-foot-tall, 500 lb. behemoth Big Show in a "David vs. Goliath" match that Rey has dedicated to the memory of his friend Eddie Guerrero.