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Do you have good diplomatic skills?
Do you care at all, in the present, about fashion?
Did you care about it at all in the past?
Are you a good swimmer? Do you enjoy it?
Are you a good judge of character? Do you think such things can be judged via the Internet?
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On This Day
In 1774, the ill-fated Louis XVI ascended the throne of France.
In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, GA.
In 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the FBI - a job he held until his death in 1972.
In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.
In 1994, the state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
On This Day
In 1774, the ill-fated Louis XVI ascended the throne of France.
In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, GA.
In 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the FBI - a job he held until his death in 1972.
In 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.
In 1994, the state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.
Born on This Day
1699 - Bartolomeo Nazari, Italian painter (d. 1758)
1754 - Asmus Jakob Carstens, Danish-German painter (d. 1798)
1822 - August von Pettenkofen, Austrian painter (d. 1880)
1828 - James McDougal Hart, Scottish-born US painter (d. 1901)
1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1863 – Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter, and composer (d. 1915)
1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter, set, and costume designer (d. 1924)
1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
1889 – Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
1894 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (d. 1993)
1899 – Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
1902 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer(d. 1980)
1936 – Gary Owens, American disc jockey and voice actor
1938 – Henry Fambrough, American singer (The Spinners)
1941 – Danny Rapp, American singer and musician (Danny & the Juniors) (d. 1983)
1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican-English singer
1944 - Jackie Lomax, British musician
1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor
1946 – Graham Gouldman, English musician and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, Wax)
1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and musician (Traffic)
1948 – Meg Foster, American actress
1952 – Lee Brilleaux, English Singer (Dr Feelgood)
1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries)
1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and musician (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1958 – Rick Santorum, very peculiar wingnut sweater vest wearing politician who thinks too much about human-animal sex
1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, philanthropist, and activist (U2)
1961 – Danny Carey, American drummer and songwriter (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus, Volto!, Green Jellÿ, and Zaum)
1969 – John Scalzi, American writer
Died on This Day
1702 - Antonio Gherardi, Italian painter (b. 1638)
1774 – King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
1818 – Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)
1819 - Mariano Salvador de Maella, Spanish painter (b. 1739)
1861 - Fannie Moody, British painter specializing in painting dogs (d. 1947)
1863 – Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American Confederate general (b. 1824)
1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
1915 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter (b. 1878)
1930 - Julio Romero de Torres, Córdoba Spanish painter (b. 1874)
1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881)
1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. 1905)
1989 – Woody Shaw, American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)
1992 – Sylvia Syms, American singer (b. 1917)
1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930)
2010 – Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
2012 – Joyce Redman, Irish-English actress (b. 1918) (See Tipple Jar)
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