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| 65 BC |
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Quintus "Horance" Horatius Flaccus, Roman poet and satirist best known for his three books Odes. |
| 1542 |
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Mary, Queen of Scotland (1542-67). |
| 1626 |
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Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54). |
| 1765 |
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Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. |
| 1894 |
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James Thurber, American writer, cartoonist and editor (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). |
| 1906 |
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Richard Llewellyn, author (How Green Was My Valley). |
| 1913 |
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Delmore Schwartz, poet and writer. |
| 1916 |
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Richard Fleischer, film director, (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Soylent Green). |
| 1922 |
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Jean Ritchie, singer, songwriter of folk music ("Blue Diamond Mines"). |
| 1925 |
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Sammy Davis Jr., singer ("The Candy Man"), dancer, actor (Ocean’s 11); member of the "Rat Pack". |
| 1930 |
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Maximilian Schell, actor, writer, director, producer; won Academy Award for Best Actor for Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). |
| 1933 |
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Flip Wilson (Clerow Wilson Jr.), comedian and actor; won a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards for his 1970s TV variety series, The Flip Wilson Show. |
| 1939 |
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Sir James Galway, virtuoso flute player known as "The Man With the Golden Flute." |
| 1941 |
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Bobby Elliott, drummer, member of the band The Hollies. |
| 1943 |
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Jim Morrison, singer, songwriter, poet; lead singer for The Doors and Rick & the Ravens. |
| 1943 |
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Larry Martin, paleontologist; leading opponent of the "birds are living dinosaurs" theory. |
| 1947 |
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Gregg Allman, singer, songwriter, musician; founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. |
| 1953 |
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Kim Basinger, actress, singer, producer; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for L.A. Confidential (1997). |
| 1964 |
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Teri Hatcher, actress; Lois Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series; won Golden Globe for Best Actress as Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives TV series. |
| 1966 |
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Sinead O’Connor, Irish singer, songwriter;
has frequently generated controversy with her views on social issues
such as organized religion and women’s rights. |
