Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 7

Posted August 7, 2008, 7:17 am

Today is Thursday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2008. There are 146 days left in the year.

On this day in 1991, the world wide web became publicly available on the internet for the first time when Tim Berners-Lee made his historic first post on the alt.hypertext newsgroup.

Today's Birthdays: Writer-producer Stan Freberg is 82. Rhythm-and-blues singer Herb Reed (The Platters) is 80. Actress Verna Bloom ("Animal House") is 69. Humorist Garrison Keillor is 66. Singer B.J. Thomas is 66. Actor Wayne Knight (Newman on "Seinfeld") is 53. Rock singer Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) is 50. Actor David Duchovny is 48. Actor Harold Perrineau ("Lost") is 45. Actress Charlotte Lewis is 41.

Picture of the Day: Neighborhood Pusher. "I've got killer stuff, kid. Tell all your friends."