Welcome to the 276th day of 2008. Thank any custodial workers you know today and make sure you finally give your car a name -- if you haven't already. And you might want to celebrate world farm animals in whatever way you know how.

Sting is celebrating his birthday today as are beauties Kelly Ripa, Tiffany and Camilla Belle (left) of 10,000 BC.

Today Is...
- Guardian Angels Day
- National Custodial Workers Day
- World Farm Animals Day
- Republic Day (Guinea)

Today Was ...

The day in 1869 when Mahatma Gandhi was born ... the day in 1937 when Johnnie Cochran was born ... the day in 1950 when Peanuts was first published ... the day in 1959 when The Twilight Zone premiered ... the day in 1967 when Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African American justice on the US Supreme Court ... the day in 1985 when Rock Hudson passed away ... the day in 1997 when Tickle Me Elmo was launched.

Oct. 2 Birthdays
1938 - Rex Reed, film critic
1945 - Don McLean, singer
1948 - Avery Brooks, actor
1948 - Donna Karan, fashion designer
1949 - Annie Liebovitz, photographer
1951 - Sting, singer
1954 - Lorraine Bracco, actress
1955 - Phil Oakey, The Human League
1967 - Gillian Welch, singer
1970 - Kelly Ripa, actress & TV host
1971 - Tiffany, singer & former teen pop star
1986 - Camilla Belle, actress

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