Here's a look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Ginuwine is 49. Tito Jackson is 66. THE "Jackson" in The Jackson 5. Author of "The Godfather", Mario Puzo was born on this day in 1920. AND today in 2009, the "Balloon Boy" hoax took over the country when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their six-year-old son Falcon was trapped in a balloon 7,000 above the ground.