South Africans marked former President Nelson Mandela's 88th birthday Tuesday with tributes and praise, and the man who led his country out of apartheid celebrated privately with his children and grandchildren at his Johannesburg home. Complete Story
Staff members presented former President Nelson Mandela with a cake Monday and sang "Happy Birthday," as gifts and tributes poured in from around the world on the eve of his 88th birthday.
Gerald R. Ford, the nation's oldest living former president, began his 93rd birthday Friday with a note of praise and best wishes from the White House.
After months of griping about getting old, President Bush turned 60 Thursday and decided it wasn't so bad after all.
The National Zoo is planning a first birthday bash Sunday for Tai Shan, its giant panda cub.
Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, celebrated his 96th birthday Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony for a Brigham Young University building that will bear his name.
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 61st birthday Monday, alone and under house arrest, while her supporters around the world called for Myanmar's military government to free her.
A man accused of killing his wife chased his son into a neighbor's front yard and stabbed the boy to death on his 11th birthday, authorities said Saturday.
British soldiers in tall bearskin hats marched before Queen Elizabeth II and military jets saluted her with a flyby over Buckingham Palace on Saturday in the second round of celebrations of her 80th birthday.
A second round of celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth II's 80th birthday began Thursday with a national service of thanksgiving and a salute to the monarch for offering a human face of power.
A husband, wife and their first child beat enormous odds and share the same birthday. Evelin Alballat was introduced to Tony Osman several years ago by one of her relatives who learned they were both born on May 21. The couple married two years ago.
Willie Mays celebrated his 75th birthday six days late in a ballpark bash featuring six other Hall of Fame players and, of course, godson Barry Bonds.
Glenn Ford was saluted on his 90th birthday with praise from his fellow actors and a screening of his 1946 film "Gilda."
Legendary actor Glenn Ford, who turned 90 on Monday, had to cut short a birthday celebration with family and friends when failing health forced him to retire to his bedroom.
Flanked by his two sisters, Martin Luther King III laid a wreath of orange roses and lilies and wished his mother a happy 79th birthday at her crypt, not far from their father's.
Queen Elizabeth II has invited 99 guests to Buckingham Palace Wednesday, and she won't need to ask anyone's age. All share the queen's birth date — April 21, 1926. The queen has laid on a three-course meal for 70 women and 29 men who, like her, will celebrate their 80th birthday on Friday.
North Korea celebrated the birthday of late national founder Kim Il Sung on Saturday, urging its impoverished people to rally around his son and current leader and reject U.S. attempts at "ideological and cultural infiltration."
It's almost as if they planned it — Angie and Bob Deering's three children all have the same birthday. And they're not triplets.
When the first Federal Register rolled off the presses 70 years ago, it dealt with trade practices for buttons and ivory, Social Security excise taxes and other minute aspects of the inner workings of government.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon marked his 78th birthday Sunday in a coma in Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital.
North Korea marked the 64th birthday of leader Kim Jong Il on Thursday with nationwide celebrations reasserting the strength of his regime and its ability to resist the United States.