Clik here to view.
Happy 129th Birthday Pearl White
Today is the 129th birthday of the actress and activist Pearl While. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. NAME: Pearl White OCCUPATION: Women’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 174th Birthday Aaron Montgomery Ward
Today is the 174th birthday of the man with a vision to bring reasonably priced quality merchandise to rural America. Well before Sears created their catalog, Montgomery Ward was fulfilling the needs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 57th Birthday Barack Obama
Today is the 57th birthday of the 44th president. He is a Nobel, Grammy, and two time Time Person of the Year winner. We really don’t know what we had until it’s gone sometimes, do we? The world is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 124th Birthday Aldous Huxley
Today is the 124th birthday of the author, Aldous Huxley. I first started reading his books at Interlochen Center for the Arts the summer of 1989. The library was in a stone building, cool in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 118th Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Today is the 118th birthday of the pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He wrote The Little Prince, a copy of which was given to me by a very good friend. His inscription is included below. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 108th Birthday Jacques Cousteau
Today is the 108th birthday of the modern-day explorer Jacques Cousteau. I remember watching reruns of his TV show The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid. He taught me about the world...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 112th Birthday Josephine Baker
Today is the 112th birthday of the one and only Josephine Baker. Her iconic everything has cemented her in a time and place forever: Paris between the wars. The first song of hers that I ever heard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 87th Birthday Carmen Dell’Orefice
Today is the 87th birthday of Carmen Dell’Orefice. Not everyone can look like this at age 81, but everyone can be inspired to stay active and interested and be fearless. This woman has had a life. We...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 110th Birthday Oskar Schindler
Today is the 110th birthday of of a rebel, a saint and a Righteous Gentile: Oskar Schindler. How do you calculate the number of lives that exist today because he was brave enough to save the lives of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 78th Birthday Giorgio Moroder
Today is the 78th birthday of the music producer Giorgio Moroder. One word: LONGEVITY. He worked with Donna Summer in the 70s and Kylie Minogue two years ago. He is the living/breathing example of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 106th Birthday Robert Doisneau
Today is the 106th birthday of the French photographer Robert Doisneau. His images are known the world over. The world was a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss because he has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 95th Birthday Marcel Marceau
Today is the 95th birthday of the French mime Marcel Marceau. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: Marcel Marceau OCCUPATION: Actor, Artist...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 129th Birthday Pearl White
Today is the 129th birthday of the actress and activist Pearl While. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the loss that she has left. NAME: Pearl White OCCUPATION: Women’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 174th Birthday Aaron Montgomery Ward
Today is the 174th birthday of the man with a vision to bring reasonably priced quality merchandise to rural America. Well before Sears created their catalog, Montgomery Ward was fulfilling the needs...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happ 161st Birthday Eugène Atget
Today is the 161st birthday of the French photographer Eugène Atget who took photographs of people and things at a time when most photography being taken was portraiture. His photos of paris at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 144th Birthday Gertrude Stein
Today is the 144th birthday of the eternal wit Gertrude Stein. She was an artist collector as much as she was an art collector, influencing, promoting, supporting and to some extent creating the art,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 93rd Birthday Paul Newman
Today is the 93rd birthday of Paul Newman. I think (at least hope) that we all have a similar desire for our life, a sort of State Park approach to humanity and the world: to leave it better than we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 177th Birthday Berthe Morisot
Today is the 177th birthday of the artist Berthe Morisot. There are so very few female French Impressionist painters that she deserves note. You recognize her paintings, but probably didn’t know her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 296th Birthday Madame de Pompadour
Today is the 296th birthday of Madame de Pompador, arguably one of the first fashion icons and one of the most influential women of the 18th century. The world is a better place because she was in it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 109th Birthday Yousuf Karsh
Today is the 109th birthday of the photographer Yousuf Karsh. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left. NAME: Yousuf Karsh OCCUPATION: Portrait...
View Article
