1893 - Walter Francis White
Atlanta native, he was the executive secretary of the NAACP for 20 years. He set up the legal defense fund that helped challenge segregation, including the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (finding that segregated education was inherently unequal).

1908 - Estee Lauder
Co-founder of the cosmetics empire, she was the only woman on Time magazines 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century.

1915 - Willie Dixon
I would say that his songs are probably the most well known of all of the Blues songs. Bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, etc. have all recorded them. Just a few: "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Ain't Superstitious".

"I Got My Mojo Working"



1916 - Olivia de Havilland
5 time Academy Award winning actress.

"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte"


1930 - Imelda Marcos

"Shoes"



1934 - Jamie Farr
I'm sure this was the first man I ever saw in a dress (but certainly not the last).



1935 - James Cotton
Blues harp legend!

"The Creeper"



1941 - Twyla Tharp
American dancer and choreographer. Her most recent success on Broadway was Movin' Out.

"In the Upper Room"



1945 - Deborah Harry

Detroit 442 - 1977



1951 - Fred Schneider
I don't say this often but, "YOU GO GURL"

Ru Paul Interviewing Fred Schneider 1985



1961 - Diana Frances Spencer (Diana, Princess of Wales)
Thank you for all of the work you did to raise awareness and compassion for people with AIDS. We still LOVE YOU!!!!




1961 - Carl Lewis
Definitely one of the greatest track and field athletes of all times!!! It was so exciting watching him and Ben Johnson compete! In 1987 his father died and he placed the gold medal he won for the 100 m in 1984 in his father's hand to be buried with him - WOW!

100m - Carl Lewis - 9.78s



1975 - Liv Tyler

HAWT!

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