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Today is the birthday

… of Roger Mudd, 81.

… of Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee. He’s 69.

… of Carole King. Tonight You’re Mine Completely, You Give Your Love So Sweetly — at 67.

… of Joe Pesci. Tommy DeVito is no longer a “yute,” he’s 66.

… of Barbara Lewis. Baby I’m Yours and I’ll be Yours Until the Stars Fall from the Sky — or until she’s 66.

… of Alice Walker. One assumes her birthday cake is The Color Purple as she turns 65 today.

… of Mia Farrow. The former Mrs. André Previn, Mrs. Frank Sinatra and significant other of Woody Allen is 64.

… of Senator Jim Webb, 63.

… of Travis Tritt. He’s 46. Here’s A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares).

… of Julie Warner. Vialula is 44 today. Seems like an occasion to watch Doc Hollywood.

Samuel J. Tilden was born on this date in 1814. Along with Andrew Jackson in 1824 and Albert Gore in 2000, Tilden in 1876 shares the honor of winning the popular vote and having the electoral vote stolen from him.