Born:
Joshua L Cowen, inventor, electric train
More Notable Birthdays on August 24:
1962 - Craig Kilborn, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, actor, original host of 'The Daily Show', anchor for ESPN's 'Sports Center', host 'The Late Late Show'
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Police Academy, Short Circuit
1934 - Kenny Baker, actor, R2D2-Star Wars
1922 - Howard Zinn, American Historian
1872 - Max Beerbohm, England, caricaturist/writer/wit, Saturday Review
