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Today in History for Sept. 8: On this date: In 70 AD, following a six-month siege, Jerusalem surrendered to the 60,000 troops of Titus’ Roman army.

Today in History for Sept. 12: On this date: In 1362, Pope Innocent VI died.

Today in History for Sept. 14: On this date: In 1321, Italian poet Dante Alighieri died. In 1752, the Gregorian calendar was officially adopted by the British Empire and its colonies in America.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 30: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is 94. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 85. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 83. Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 81.

Today in History for Aug. 30: On this date: In 30 B.C., Cleopatra, the celebrated queen of Egypt, committed suicide. In 1463, King Louis XI died after ruling France for 22 years.

Today in Music History for Aug. 30: In 1919, "The Queen of Country Music" Kitty Wells was born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville. She took her stage name from an old folk song, "Sweet Kitty Wells.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 29: Actor Elliott Gould is 86. Singer-songwriter Tom Northcott is 81. Chris Copping, bass guitarist and organist with Procul Harum, is 79. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh ("Too Close For Comfort") is 72.

Today in History for Aug. 29: On this date: In 1583, the "Delight," one of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's ships, ran aground and was lost at Sable Island, drowning 85 people, in one of Canada's first marine disasters.

Today in Music History for Aug. 29: In 1908, Lewis Redner, American Episcopal organist and composer, died at age 78. Redner composed "St. Louis," the tune to which is most commonly sung Phillips Brooks’ Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 28: John Perkins of the 1950s vocal group the Crew Cuts is 93. Actor Sonny Shroyer ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 89. Former prime minister Paul Martin is 86. Actor Ken Jenkins ("Scrubs") is 84. Actress Barbara Bach is 78.