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Today in History for Jan. 18: In 1535, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador, founded Lima, Peru.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 24: Fiddler Doug Kershaw is 89. Singer Ray Stevens is 86. Singer Aaron Neville is 84. Singer Neil Diamond is 84. Actor Michael Ontkean (``Twin Peaks'') is 79. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 21: World Golf Hall-of-Famer Jack Nicklaus is 85. Opera singer Placido Domingo is 84. Actress Jill Eikenberry is 78. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 78. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 22: Celebrity chef Graham Kerr (TV: ``The Galloping Gourmet'') is 91. Author Joseph Wambaugh is 88. Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Serge Savard is 79. Singer Steve Perry (Journey) is 76. Movie director Jim Jarmusch is 72.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 20: Trumpeter and bandleader Ray Anthony is 103. Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 95. Actor Tom Baker ("Doctor Who") is 91. Olympic gold medal figure skater Carol Heiss is 85.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 25: Actress Leigh Taylor-Young (``Peyton Place,'' ''Soylent Green``) is 80. Larry Good, of the Canadian country group the Good Brothers, is 73. Andy Cox, guitarist with The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, is 69.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 19: Actress Tippi Hedren is 95. Movie director Richard Lester is 93. Country singer Stu Phillips is 92. Former CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson is 91. Actor-singer Michael Crawford is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 23: Nobel Prize-winning Toronto chemist John Polanyi is 96. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 91. Jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton is 82. Actor Gil Gerard is 82. Actor Richard Dean Anderson (``MacGyver'') is 75.

Today in History for Jan. 27: In AD 398, John Chrysostom, the greatest preacher of his age, was consecrated bishop of Constantinople.

Today in Music History for Feb. 1: In 1896, the opera ``La Boheme,'' by Giacomo Puccini, premiered in Turin, Italy. In 1909, gospel singer George Beverly Shea was born in Ottawa.