Happy New Year! ...and Happy Birthday to "Mini-Me" actor Verne Troyer (1969), "Soprano" Michael Imperioli (1966), "Thir13en Ghosts" actress Embeth Davidtz (1966), actress/model Dedee Pfeiffer (1964),

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"New Year's Babies Edition" - Happy Birthday to "Mini-Me" actor Verne Troyer (1969), "Soprano" Michael Imperioli (1966), "Thir13en Ghosts" actress Embeth Davidtz (1966), actress/model Dedee Pfeiffer (1964), Rap DJ Grandmaster Flash (1958), Prolific Puerto Rican film star Luis Guzman (1957), comedian Don Novello a.k.a. "Father Guido Sarducci" (1943), Woodstock generation performer Country Joe McDonald (1942), "Superman Returns" actor Frank Langella (1940), reclusive author J.D. Salinger (1919), baseball's first "Hammerin' Hank" Hank Greenberg (1911; d. 1986), Cuban bandleader Xavier Cugat (1900; d. 1990), scientist/botanist George Washington Carver (c. 1864; d. 1943), American seamstress Betsy Ross (1752; d. 1836), and Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere (1735; d. 1818).