Friday, October 22, 2010
[1811 - Franz Liszt, composer, pianist, born
in Raiding, Hungary]
[1845 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress, born in Paris]
[1883 - Metropolitan Opera House in New York City stages its first performance (Faust)]
[1903 - Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz), comedian, actor, born in Brooklyn)
[1903 - George Wells Beadle, Nobel laureate genetic
researcher, President University of Chicago, born in
Wahoo, Nebraska]
[1905 - Constance Bennett, actress, born in New York City]
[1917 - Joan Fontaine (de Havilland), Academy Award-winning
actress, born in Tokyo]
[1920 - Timothy Leary, psychologist, professor, LSD guru, born
in Springfield, Massachusetts]
[1925 - Robert Rauschenberg, artist, born in Port Arthur, Texas]
The only thing harder than being homeless is being homeless in your own home.