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Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 4: Former NHL player/analyst Howie Meeker is 94. Songwriter Paul Vance is 88. Actress Loretta Swit ("MASH") is 80. Singer Harry Elston of Friends of Distinction is 79. Singer Delbert McClinton is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 3: Actress Peggy McCay ("Days of Our Lives") is 90. Actress Lois Smith is 87. Actress Monica Vitti is 86. Actor-dancer Ken Berry ("Mayberry R.F.D."; "Mama's Family") is 84. Harpist Judy Loman is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 2: Tennis legend Ken Rosewall is 83. Singer Jay Black (Jay and the Americans) is 79. Political commentator Patrick Buchanan is 79. Bruce Welch, rhythm guitarist with The Shadows, is 76. Actress Stefanie Powers is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 1: Jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson is 91. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Gary Player is 82. Country singer Bill Anderson is 80. Actress Barbara Bosson ("Murder One," ''Hill Street Blues") is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 31: Actress Lee Grant is 92. Anita Kerr, director of the Anita Kerr Singers is 90. Retired NASA astronaut Michael Collins is 87. Former CBS anchorman Dan Rather is 86. Folk singer Tom Paxton is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 30: Movie director Claude Lelouch is 80. Songwriter Eddie Holland of Holland-Dozier-Holland is 78. Singer Grace Slick is 78. Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations is 76. Actress Joanna Shimkus is 74.

Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 29: Banjo player Sonny Osborne of The Osborne Brothers is 80. Country singer Lee Clayton is 75. Guitarist Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 73. Singer-actress Melba Moore is 72.

Today in History for Nov. 11: On this date: In 1215, the Fourth Lateran Council was convened by Pope Innocent III.

Today in History for Nov. 10: On this date: In 1483, Martin Luther, the Augustinian monk who became the founder and leader of the German Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Saxony. In 1775, the U.S.

Today in History for Nov. 9 On this date: In 1674, the great English poet John Milton died in London. His most famous work was "Paradise Lost," an epic poem about man's fall from God's grace.