 This is NPR News. It's June 28th. Birthdays today. Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, born June 28, 1577 in Siegen, Germany. He died May 30, 1640 at the age of 62 in Antwerp, Belgium. 1712, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-born French philosopher. In 1926, Mel Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.