Picture of the Day and Birthdays for July 17

Posted July 16, 2008, 8:19 pm by Growing Bolder

Today is Thursday, July 17, the 199th day of 2008. There are 167 days left in the year.

Today's Birthdays: TV personality Art Linkletter is 96. Comedian Phyllis Diller is 91. The former president of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, is 88. Actor Donald Sutherland is 73. Actress-singer Diahann Carroll is 73. Rock musician Spencer Davis is 66. Rock musician Terry "Geezer" Butler (Black Sabbath) is 59. Actress Lucie Arnaz is 57. Actor David Hasselhoff is 56. Rock musician Fran Smith Jr. (The Hooters) is 56. Singer Phoebe Snow is 56. Television producer Mark Burnett ("Survivor," "The Apprentice") is 48. Bitty Schram (Monk) is 40.

Picture of the Day: Tough guys in Africa don't have a big dog on a leash -- they have a spotted hyena or a baboon.