today 's birthdays : france 's king louis xiv -lrb- 1638-1715 -rrb- ; john gay , english poet -lrb- 1685-1732 -rrb- ; lauren bacall , u.s. actress -lrb- 1924 -- -rrb- janis paige , u.s. actress -lrb- 1922 -- -rrb- .