 Born on this day in history, former president John Quincy Adams, born in 1767. Author E.B. White, born in 1899. He penned Charlotte's Web. Academy Award-winning actor Yul Brynner, born in 1920. Singer Bonnie Pointer, born in 1950. She was a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter and a founding member of the Pointer Sisters. And boxer Leon Spinks, born in 1953. Those are your celebrity birthdays for today.