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President Barack Obama celebrated his 51st birthday Saturday with a round of golf and plans for a quiet weekend at Camp David, taking a break from campaigning three months before Election Day. Obama played golf with a group of friends and aides at Andrews Air Force Base before heading to the presidential getaway in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains.

Queen Elizabeth II's grandson turns 30 on Thursday and will have access to the sizable inheritance left to him by Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997.

Justin Bieber is all grown up. The Canadian pop singer celebrates his 18th birthday today. Here's a look back at the singing sensation's transformation from YouTube phenom to superstar.

Muhammad Ali soaked in familiar cheers and chants along with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" on Saturday night as friends and admirers celebrated the boxing champ's coming 70th birthday at a party in his Kentucky hometown....

British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. The physicist and cosmologist was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease when he was a 21-year-old student at Cambridge University. Most people die within a few years of the diagnosis, called motor neurone disease in the U.K. On Sunday, Hawking will turn 70.

Britney Spears turns 30 today, a big milestone for the bonafide superstar. From Mouseketeer to pop princess, to troubled star and back again, Spears has made a pretty remarkable comeback recently considering she was whacking cars with umbrellas just four years ago. So in honor of the pop star, here’s a look back at her time in the spotlight thus far.

Let's show some love for the bubbly blonde actress who made her mark and stole our hearts in the '80s and '90s.

It was a star-studded night -- and some barefoot dancing -- in the Rose Garden on Thursday.

A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's Strawberry Fields and sang lyrics from "Imagine" on Saturday to honor Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

Reuven Gershon of the Counterfeit Beatles gives us his impression of what John Lennon might be doing if he were alive to celebrate his 70th birthday.