Sunday, May 12, 2013
[1812 - Edward Lear, illustrator, poet, artist, born in London]
[1820 - Florence Nightingale, health activist, nurse, born in Florence, Italy]
[1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, statesman,
historian, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1900 - Captain Mildred McAfee (Horton), first Director of Navy
WAVES, Wellesley College President, born in Parkville, Missouri]
[1907 - Katharine Hepburn, Academy Award-winning Actress, born in Hartford, Connecticut]
[1914 - Howard K. (Kingsbury) Smith, journalist, anchor, born in Ferriday, Louisiana]
[1936 - Tom (Thomas James) Snyder, TV Host, journalist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]
[1937 - George Denis Patrick Carlin, comedian, actor, born in Manhattan]