BIRTHDAYS:
1564, William Shakespeare, bard

1791, James Buchanan, 15th President (1857 - 1861)

1813, Stephen Douglas, the "Little Giant", debated Lincoln

1928, Shirley Temple, child actress

1940, Lee Majors, six million dollar actor.

1950, Joyce DeWitt, actress.

1960, Valerie Bertinelle, actress.


EVENTS:
1871, "Blossom Rock" in San Francisco Bay is blown up.

1896, First "moving pictures" are shown on a public screen in New York.

1949, Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco.

1954, Hank Aaron hits his first home run.

Hope is a bad thing. It means that you are not what you want to be. It means that part of you is dead, if not all of you. It means that you entertain illusions. It's a sort of spiritual clap, I should say.
- Henry Miller