Happy Birthday to Australian singer Holly Valance (1983), "Riding the Bullet" actor Jonathan Jackson (1982), Rammstein drummer Christoph Schneider (1966), "The White Countess" actress Natasha Richardson (1963), "House of Sand and Fog" actresses Shohreh Aghdashloo and Frances Fisher (both 1952), comedic actor Foster Brooks (1912; d. 2001), surrealism master Salvador Dali (1904; d. 1989), and composer Irving Berlin (1888; d. 1989).

New Line Cinema has cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shoreh Aghdashloo, Ciarán Hinds and Oscar Isaacs in "Nativity." The film, which follows the story of the Virgin Mary before the birth of Christ, is scheduled for a December 2006 release and will begin shooting in May.