Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 14: Broadway lyricist Lee Adams ("Bye Bye Birdie") is 101. Singer Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts is 85. Country singer Connie Smith is 84. Actor-comedian Steve Martin is 80.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 12: Billionaire investor George Soros is 95. Actor George Hamilton is 86. Former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow is 86. Actress Jennifer Warren is 84. Actress Dana Ivey is 84.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 10: Hockey writer/former commentator Brian McFarlane is 94. Country singer Jonie Mosby is 85. Quebec singer-songwriter Louise Forestier is 82. Actor James Reynolds ("Days of Our Lives") is 79.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 13: Actor Kevin Tighe ("Emergency," ''Murder One") is 81. Actress Gretchen Corbett ("The Rockford Files") is 80. Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is 79. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 77.

Today in History for Aug. 22: On this date: In 1485, King Richard III of England was killed at the "Battle of Bosworth," ending the Wars of the Roses. Henry Tudor succeeded Richard to become King Henry VII.

Today in Music History for Aug. 19: In 1912, Jimmie Shields, one of the most popular Irish tenors in Canada during the 1930s, was born in St. Catharines, Ont. He rose to further fame in the U.S.

Today in History for Aug. 23: On this date: In 1305, Scottish leader William Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered in London for treason. Nearly 700 years later, his story was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie "Braveheart," starring Mel Gibson.

Today in History for Aug. 21: On this date: In 1245, English scholastic theologian Alexander of Hales died. He is regarded as the founder of the Franciscan school of theology.

Today in Music History for Aug. 18: In 1893, Canadian conductor and composer Sir Ernest MacMillan was born in Mimico, Ont., now part of Toronto.

Today in Music History for Aug. 21: In 1866, Civilla D. Martin, teacher and songwriter, was born in Nova Scotia. A pastor’s wife, she penned in 1904 the hymn, "Be Not Dismayed, Whate’er Betide" (a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You"). She died in 1948.