Walter Cronkite
Art Carney
Laura Bush (yes, that Laura Bush)
Kathy Griffin (that's so cool!)
Sean 'Diddy' Combs (that's not cool)
It's also the Egyptian Day of Love, and Italy's Victory Day
In other news, Michael Crichton died on my birthday in 2008 (I knew turning 18 was a bad idea)
The Second Battle of El Alamein 1942
Genie was found in Los Angeles, 1970
The first appearance of Wallace and Gromit in 'A Grand Day Out' 1989. HEY! That's literally the day I was born! Now that is awesome beyond comprehension!
Barack Obama was elected the first black President of the United States, 2008
Proposition 8 passes in California, meaning LGBT couples no longer have the right to marry, thus they are being treated as less deserving of rights than their fellow man based only on their sexuality. (I have kind of an issue with this law) 2008
So yeah it's kind of a mixed bag, some fantastic, some utterly appalling.