Today is the 94th birthday of the poet James Baldwin. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss
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Happy 208th Birthday PT Barnum
Today is the 208th birthday of the man who created The Greatest Show on Earth: P.T. Barnum. The man had hustle. He has this phrase
Happy 114th Birthday Willem de Kooning
Today is the 114th birthday of the artist Willem de Kooning. He is one of the major influencers of abstract expressionism. The world is a better
Happy 132nd Birthday Edward Weston
Today is the 132nd birthday of the photographer Edward Weston. His images are hauntingly beautiful. The world is a better place because he was in
Happy 91st Birthday John Kander
Today is the 91st birthday of the composer John Kander. His songs and soundtracks are some of the post popular and immediately recognizable pieces of
Happy 85th Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Today is the 85th birthday of the woman that said I haven’t accomplished anything alone, but I was fortunate to be part of a revived feminist
Happy 97th Birthday Abe Vigoda
Today is the 97th birthday of the actor Abe Vigoda. He was on one of my grandfather’s very favorite shows: Barney Miller. The world is
Happy 92nd Birthday Vivian Dorothy Maier
Today is the 92nd birthday of the photographer Vivian Dorothy Maier. I have long expressed my fondness for street photography and it’s unplanned, un-staged captured moments.
Happy 80th Birthday Peter Hill Beard
Today is the 80th birthday of the artist Peter Hill Beard. His art is beautiful and has served a dual purpose as a call to
Happy 122nd Birthday John Dos Passos
Today is the 122nd birthday of the author John Dos Passos. I got to know his work through Hemingway and Fitzgerald. His membership in the
Happy 71st Birthday Diane von Fürstenberg
Today is the 71st birthday of the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg. The world is a better place because she is in it. NAME: Diane von
Happy 126th Birthday Henry Miller
Today is the 126th birthday of the author Henry Miller. I first was introduced to him through Arthur Miller, they were practically next to each other
