Sunday, July 25, 2010
[1844 - Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins, painter, photographer, sculptor, educator, born in Philadelphia]
[1894 - Walter (Andrew) Brennan, three time Academy
Award-winning actor, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts]
[1902 - Eric Hoffer, longshoreman, thinker, political and social philosopher, author, born in New York City]
[1908 - Jack Gilford (Jacob Aaron Gellman), actor, born in Manhattan]
[1923 - David Gerber, producer, TV
executive, born in Brooklyn]
[1923 - Estelle Getty (Scher), Emmy-
winning actress, born in New York City]
[1927 - Stanley Dancer, Hall of Fame harness racer, born in Edinburg, New Jersey]
[1934 - Don Ellis, Grammy Award-winning
jazz trumpeter, composer, born in Los Angeles]
[1940 - John Pennel, pole-vaulter,
born in Memphis, Tennessee]
[1943 - Janet Margolin, actress, born in Manhattan]
A society in motion will tend to remain on the same course and speed, resisting resolutely all forces attempting to act upon it, whether internal or external.