1715 - Claude Helvetius, French philosopher
1763 - Charles XIV, French marshall and king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1826 - Julia Dent Grant, 1st lady
1831 - Writer Mary Dodge, (`Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates')
1880 - Gen Douglas MacArthur, he did return!
1904 - Sean MacBride, Irish statesman and minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1974)
1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter
1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Rumanian president
1923 - Anne Jeffereys, in North Carolina
1925 - Joan Leslie, actress
1925 - Paul Newman, actor (Hud - Hombre - Hustler) and racer & popcorn mogul
1928 - Eartha Kitt, in South Carolina
1928 - Roger Vadim, Director
1929 - Jules Feiffer, cartoonist (Passionella)
1931 - Mary Murphy,
1935 - Bob Uecker, Sports personality
1944 - Angela Davis, black activist
1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler
When I Was Young...
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When I was young
I wanted to be in the city
Crowded places
Lots of faces
Dreamt of skyscrapers
And of busy streets
Cramped rooms
Days go vroom
It appear...
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