1915 William Hopper - Actor (Rebel Without a Cause, Sitting Bull, The First Texan, The Deadly Mantis) He was the son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, and he portrayed Paul Drake in the Perry Mason TV series

Rene' is driving up today in readiness for my upcoming surgery on Tuesday. She texted that she's taking her time getting ready, but that she'll be her in time for Perry Mason at 6:00. She and Andrea are big fans of Perry Mason too. I raised them right. Now the other two...

1958 Ellen DeGeneres – Comedian, actress, TV host (The Ellen Show, Finding Nemo, Edtv, Ellen, Coneheads, Laurie Hill)

Didn't she and Portia de Rossi just move to England?

1875 The first battery-powered dentist drill was patented by George F. Green of Kalamazoo, Michigan. A truly electrical drill would not be developed until 1908

Did they just pull the tooth before being able to drill? Ugh!

1939 Principal photography began on David O. Selznick's Gone With The Wind

Amy just finished GWTW. We discussed it as she read it. Kind of like our own little book club. We agreed we learned more about before, during and after the Civil War than we did in history classes. I said that all history students should have to read it, and she said it should be a whole college course on the book. She also said she feel smarter for having read it. She's pretty smart already.