If today is your birthday, you share it with:

• Upton Sinclair – The Jungle was written in 1906 (95 years before Fast Food Nation made us want to stop eating meat).
• Dr. Joyce Brothers – Before Dr. Phil, Dr. Brothers was on TV advising on “love, marriage, sex, and child-rearing.”  She wrote The Practical Plan for Liking Yourself Better and Widowed, a guide to dealing with grief based on her own experience.
• Sophia Loren – The Italian beauty tells her secrets and gives advice in Women and Beauty.
• Anne Meara – Jerry Stiller wrote a book about the other half of the famous comedy team – his wife and mother of Ben  – Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara.