Today is Tuesday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2003 with one to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Pluto. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include British author Rudyard Kipling in 1865; Canadian economist and humorist Stephen Leacock in 1869; Japan's World War II Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in 1884; former Miss America Pageant master of ceremonies Bert Parks in 1914; rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley in 1928 (age 75); actors Jack Lord in 1930 and John Hillerman in 1932 (age 71); former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax and actor Russ Tamblyn, both in 1935 (age 68); actor Joseph Bologna in 1938 (age 65); two members of the pop group The Monkees, Mike Nesmith in 1942 (age 61) and Davy Jones in 1945 (age 58); "Today" co-host Matt Lauer in 1957 (age 46); actress Tracey Ullman in 1959 (age 44); and golfer Eldrick "Tiger" Woods in 1975 (age 28).

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