1957 Jayne Torvill – British figure skater who is half of the duo Torvill and Dean

They were fantastic. Their Bolero was beyond fantastic.

1849 Edgar Allan Poe, age 40 – US short story writer and poet (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, Lenore, Tamerlane, The Gold Bug, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher)

In one class, maybe 6th or 7th grade, we had to memorize a poem and I memorized Annabell Lee. All I can remember is "suplicure in his kingdom by the sea."