Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 2

Posted August 1, 2008, 6:49 pm by Growing Bolder

Today is Saturday, August 2, the 215th day of 2008. There are 151 days left in the year.

Today's Birthdays:
Actor Peter O'Toole is 76. Country singer Hank Cochran is 73. Keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band is 71. Director Wes Craven is 69. Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 65. Actor Max Wright ("Alf," "Norm") is 65. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 63. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 58. Actor Butch Patrick ("The Munsters") is 55. Actress Victoria Jackson is 49. Actress Cynthia Stevenson ("Men In Trees," "Hope and Gloria") is 46. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 44.

Picture of the Day: Kowloon Walled City. Before it was demolished in 1993, this area of Hong Kong was the densest urban slum in the world. Nearly 50,000 people lived on 6.5 acres. More than 7,000 people per acre.The buildings grew so tall that sunlight couldn't reach the bottom levels and most residents never saw daylight. It was a place where brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors, food courts serving dog meat and secret factories ran unmolested by authorities.