Thursday, December 8, 2016
[1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor, born in Westborough, Massachusetts]
[1861 - William C. Durant, pioneer auto manufacturer, GM Founder, born in Boston]
[1886 - Diego Rivera, artist, born in Guanajuato, Mexico]
[1894 - Elzie C. Segar, cartoonist, creator of Popeye, born in Chester, Illinois]
[1894 - James Grover Thurber, humorist, born in Columbus, Ohio]
[1902 - Oswald Jacoby, bridge master, author, born in Brooklyn]
[1911 - Lee J. Cobb (Leo Jacoby), actor, born in New York City]
[1915 - Ernest Lehman, screenwriter, author, born in New York City]
[1922 - Lucian Michael Freud, painter, born in Berlin]
[1925 - Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer, born in Harlem, New York City]
[1928 - (James Oscar) Jimmy Smith, Grammy Award-winning jazz organist, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania]
[1930 - Maximillian Schell, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Vienna, Austria]
[1933 - Flip (Clerow) Wilson, Emmy-winning writer, comedian, born in
Jersey City, New Jersey]
[1936 - (John Arthur) David Carradine, actor, born in Hollywood]
Clinical Trial
What greater excitement can there be than to bet your life on an experimental drug about which there is insufficient information as to long term side effects, and questionable efficacy?