Tuesday, November 18, 2014
![Composer Carl Maria von Weber](pix/von_weber-carl_maria2.jpg)
[1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, composer, born in Eutin, Holstein]
![Artist Louis Daguerre](pix/daguerre-louis.jpg)
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[1787 - Louis (Jacques-Mande) Daguerre, artist, chemist, inventor, born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France]
![Librettist Sir William Gilbert](pix/gilbert-william-s6.jpg)
[1836 - Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, operetta librettist, poet, born in London]
![Coloratura Amelita Galli-Curci](pix/galli_curci-amelita.jpg)
[1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, opera singer (coloratura soprano), born in Milan, Italy]
![Conductor Eugene Ormandy](pix/ormandy-eugene5.jpg)
[1899 - Eugene Ormandy (Jeno Blau), conductor, born in Budapest, Hungary]
![Pollster Dr. George Gallup](pix/gallup-george4.jpg)
[1901 - Dr. George (Horace) Gallup, pollster, born in Jefferson, Iowa]
![Comedienne Imogene Coca](pix/coca-imogene.jpg)
[1908 - Imogene Coca, Emmy Award-winning comedienne, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
![Conductor Johnny Mercer](pix/mercer-johnny2.jpg)
[1909 - Johnny (John Herndon) Mercer, Academy Award-winning composer, lyricist, born in Savannah, Georgia]
![Astronaut Alan Shepard](pix/shepard-alan-b.jpg)
[1923 - Alan Shepard, Jr., test pilot, original astronaut, US Navy Rear Admiral, businessman, born in Derry, New Hampshire]
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