TODAY IS

Venus Williams celebrates her 36th birthday. For the record, her actual full name is Venus Ebony Starr Williams. I thought in tennis you went straight from 30 to 40?

Diane and Erin Murphy celebrate their 51st birthday today. They played "Tabitha," the daughter on the old "Bewitched" TV series. Yes, that scraping sound you're hearing is the bottom of the celebrity birthday barrel. To be honest, "Bewitched" always bothered and bewildered me.

Joe Piscopo turns 65 today. He went from "Saturday Night Live" to Miller Lite commercials to "that guy who used to be on 'Saturday Night Live' who did the Miller Lite commercials."

Barry Manilow, who writes the songs the whole world sings, turns 73 today.

• Looks like he made it.
• And he's ready to take a chance again.
• He was born with the name Barry Allen Pincus... so I guess Barry Manilow is an upgrade.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gringrich also turns 73 today. You know, you never see them in the same place... In Congress, he was Speaker of the House. These days, he's only the speaker for his own house... and that's about it.

Eat Your Vegetables Day -- Researcher Jae Hee Kang, of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, 

found women who eat broccoli, spinach and other cruciferous leafy green vegetables fare much better than women who don't on mental tests involving memory, verbal ability and attention.