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Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 22: Comedian-director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) is 84. Actor Tom Conti is 83. Singer Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) is 83. Retired NASA astronaut Guion Bluford is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 17: Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio of The Four Seasons is 82. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 82. Actress Lauren Hutton is 81. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels is 80. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 80.

Today in History for Nov. 29 On this date: In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to King Henry VIII of England, died.

Today in Music History for Nov. 24: In 1868, Scott Joplin, the foremost composer of ragtime music, was born in Texarkana, Texas. Ragtime was the earliest form of jazz to become widely popular.

Today in Music History for Nov. 26: In 1933, singer-actor Robert Goulet was born in Lawrence, Mass. He moved to Edmonton while in his teens, and was a semifinalist on CBC TV's "Pick the Stars" in 1952.

Today in Music History for Nov. 27: In 1941, country-pop singer Eddie Rabbitt was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Rabbitt's big break came in 1971, when Elvis Presley recorded his "Kentucky Rain." It turned out to be Presley's 50th million seller.

Today in History for Nov. 25: On this date: In 2,348 乌鸦传媒, according to Archbishop James Ussher's Old Testament chronology, the Great Deluge (Noah's Flood) began.

Today in History for Nov. 28: On this date: In 1520, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

Today in History for Nov. 24: On this date: In 1639, astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks first observed the transit of Venus across the Sun.

Today in History for Nov. 26: On this date: In 1539, in England, the monastery at the Fountains Abbey was surrendered to the Crown.