BIRTHDAYS:
1874, Francois Coty, perfume maker.

1898, Golda Meir

1906, Mary Astor

1919, Pete Seeger, folk singer.

1934, James Brown, singer.

1964, Christina Claire Ciminell - aka Wynonna, singer.


EVENTS:
1830, First regular steam train passenger service starts.

1919, America's first passenger flight (New York to Atlantic City)

1932, 24 tourists begin the first air-charter holiday, from London to Basle, Switzerland for 7 days.

1971, National noncommercial network radio begins programming.

The birth of a man is the birth of his sorrow. The longer he lives, the more stupid he becomes, because his anxiety to avoid unavoidable death becomes more and more acute. What bitterness! He lives for what is always out of reach! His thirst for survival in the future makes him incapable of living in the present.
- Chuang Tzu