UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Aug. 7, 2007.

Today is Monday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2006 with 146 to follow.

Today is Sunday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2005 with 146 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Musicians from a variety of genres will interpret songs written by beloved PBS personality Fred "Mr." Rogers for a charity album.

Today is Saturday, Aug. 7, the 220th day of 2004 with 146 to follow.

Today is Thursday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2003 with 146 to follow.

Mary-Chapin Carpenter born in Princeton, N.J., 1958. Hank Williams' No. 1 single "Kaw-Liga" is charted 1953.

Today's birthdays include bassist Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann, and also of McGuinness-Flint, who was born in 1941 (age 61); The Association's Ted Bluechel Jr. in 1942 (age 60); Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers in 1952 (age 50); Def Leppard bass