History Highlight:

Bob Dylan is 72 today. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941 in Duluth, Dylan needs no introduction and there's little more that can be said about him, so how about some trivia? Did you know Dylan has nine grandchildren? He also has a "World's Greatest Grandpa" bumper sticker that he proudly displays on his car. We read all of this on the internet, so it must be true.

Also, Today In:

1974 - All-time genius of jazz composing, arranging, piano, and band-leading (he led a star-studded orchestra continuously for almost 50 years), Duke Ellington died in New York City at the age of 75.

1991 - Founder member of The Byrds, Gene Clark, died of a heart attack aged 49.

1999 - "What's Really Happening," a song David Bowie had composed in collaboration with Alex Grant, the winner out of 80,000 contenders in a lyric/songwriting contest, was broadcast over the Internet. The cybercast of this recording session utilized a 360° full-view camera for the first time.

1999 - Queen front man Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991, was honoured on a new set of millennium stamps issued by the Royal Mail.

Birthdays:

Rosanne Cash is 58 today.

Bob Dylan is 72 today