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Today is Wednesday, Aug. 20, the 233rd day of 2008 with 133 to follow.
| August 20, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
The moon is waning. The morning star is Uranus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, in 1833; poet Edgar Guest in 1881; horror writer H.P. Lovecraft in 1890; architect Eero Saarinen in 1910; author Jacqueline Susann in 1921; former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in 1941; former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1944; singer/songwriter Isaac Hayes in 1942; journalist Connie Chung in 1946 (age 62); rock star Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame in 1948 (age 60); TV personality Al Roker in 1954 (age 54); and actress Joan Allen in 1956 (age 52). (UPI)
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