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As a work-around, try this script (watch out for line-wraps):

-- Create Birthday Events v1.0 (2008-xx-xx)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto: XXXX@XXXXX.COM >
-- Creates recurring birthday events for selected contacts
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see < http://www.yqcomputer.com/ ; for full
details

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set selected_contacts to my test_selection(contact)
if selected_contacts is false then
beep 2
return
end if
repeat with this_contact in (selected_contacts)
set birthday_text to birthday of this_contact
set the_birthday to AppleScript's date birthday_text
set month_day to day of the_birthday
set month_number to month of the_birthday as integer
set recurrence_string to "FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTHDAY=" & month_day & ";BYMONTH=" & month_number & ";WKST=SU"
set the_name to first name of this_contact & " " & last name of this_contact
set event_label to "Birthday - " & the_name
make new event with properties {subject:event_label, start time:the_birthday, all day event:true, recurring:true, recurrence:recurrence_string}
end repeat
end tell
on test_selection(required_type)
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
try
set the_selection to selection
set the_class to class of the_selection
if the_class is list then set the_class to class of item 1 of the_selection
if the_class is not required_type then error
on error
return false
end try
return the_election
end tell
end test_selection


--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP