Local: DC VIDEO: Surprise birthday celebration for Gray and Mendelson November 8, 2012 | Modified: November 8, 2012 at 1:42 pm Leave a comment D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson share a birthday. Here's how city hall celebrated on Thursday. Sign Up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! Please enter your email address below to begin receiving the Daily E-dition newsletter. You must enter a valid email address in the field above! Thank you for signing up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! You should receive your first newsletter very soon. We're sorry, there was an error processing your newsletter signup. Please click here to visit our Newsletter Signup Center to register for this newsletter.