Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for April 23: Actor Alan Oppenheimer is 95. Actor Lee Majors ("Six Million Dollar Man") is 86. Actress Blair Brown is 79. Actress Joyce DeWitt ("Three's Company") is 76. Writer-director Paul Brickman is 76.

Today in History for May 3: On this date: In 495, Pope St. Gelasius I decreed that his spiritual power as supreme pontiff was superior to the temporal power of Emperor Anastasius. It was called the Gelasian Decree. In 1074, St.

Today in History for April 29: In 1429, Joan of Arc entered Orleans, France to score her great victory in driving out the English. In 1607, English settlers established the first Anglican church in the American colonies at Cape Henry, Va.

Today in History for May 1: In 1688, the first stone was laid for Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in Place Royal, Que. It is Canada's oldest surviving church. In 1707, Scotland and England were united under the name Great Britain.

Today in History for April 30: In 311, Roman Emperor Galerius issued the first edict of toleration for Christianity, ending three centuries of persecution.

Today in History for April 27: In 1278, St. Zita, patroness of servants, died. She was credited with many miracles in helping the poor in Italy.

Today in Music History for April 29: In 1899, jazz musician, composer and bandleader Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington was born in Washington, D.C.

Today in Music History for April 30: In 1925, country singer Johnny Horton was born in Tyler, Texas. His "Battle of New Orleans" sold one million copies in 1959, as did his 1960 "North to Alaska," the title song from a John Wayne movie.

Today in History for May 2: In 1497, Italian-born John Cabot set sail from Bristol, England, to follow Columbus' route to what he thought was Asia.

Today in Music History for May 3: In 1903, singer and actor Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Wash. He sang with dance bands from 1925-30, and in 1931 began work in radio and films.