If today is your birthday, best wishes! Before we get to birthdays musical and cultural, let us note a few anniversaries:
236 years ago today, the United States Marine Corps was founded at the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia. For those of you who have served in the Corps, Semper Fi!
1871:
1995: In a victory for big oil, environmentalist/playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others are hanged in Nigeria.
Sigh. Never forget.
On to birthdays.
Martin Luther:
Francois Couperin:
William Hogarth:
Oliver Goldsmith:
Friedrich Schiller:
Jose Hernandez:
Arthur Goring Thomas:
Gichin Funakoshi:
Winston Churchill:
Henri Rabaud:
Idabelle Firestone:
Vachel Lindsay:
Jacob Epstein:
Claude Rains:
Carl Stalling:
Jane Froman:
Billy May:
Louis le Brocquy:
George Fenneman:
He died from emphysema; go figure.
Richard Burton:
Sabah:
Ennio Morricone:
Marilyn Bergman:
Russell Means:
Dave Loggins:
Ann Reinking:
Sinbad:
Neil Gaiman:
Sean Hughes:
Warren G:
Chris Lilley:
Eve:
Miranda Lambert:
Charles Hamilton: