1728 Peter III - Tsar of Russia who married the future Catherine the Great. Feeble minded, he was soon deposed in favour of Catherine and murdered by her lover

In the opening scene of Fiddler on the Roof, the rabbi's son asks: “Is there a proper blessing for the tsar?” The rabbi responds: “A blessing for the tsar?” He ponders awhile, then pronounces: “Of course . . . May God bless and keep the tsar . . . far away from us!”







1927 Erma Bombeck - Humorist, columnist, writer (The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank, At Wit's End, If Life Is a Bowl Of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Aunt Erma's Cope Book, A Marriage Made in Heaven...Or Too Tired for an Affair)

I believe I have read all of her books. I read her newspaper column everyday too.