Wednesday, August 8, 2012
[1866 - Matthew Alexander Henson, polar explorer, born in Charles County, Maryland]
[1879 - Emiliano Zapata, revolutionary leader,
born in Anenecuilco, Morelos, Mexico]
[1884 - Sara Trevor Teasdale, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, born in St. Louis, Missouri]
[1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, journalist,
novelist, born in Washington, D.C.]
[1899 - Victor Young, composer, born in Chicago]
[1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, Cyclotron inventor,
born in Canton, South Carolina]
[1907 - Bennett Lester 'Benny' Carter, jazz musician, composer, arranger, born in Harlem]
[1908 - Arthur J. Goldberg, UN Ambassador, Supreme Court justice, born in Chicago]
[1910 - Sylvia Sidney (Sophia Kosow), actress, born in The Bronx]
[1913 - John Facenda, announcer, sportscaster, NFL voice, born in Portsmouth, Virginia]
[1913 - Axel Stordahl, composer, director,
arranger, born in Staten Island]
[1922 - Rory Calhoun (Francis Timothy McCown), actor, born in Los Angeles]