1494 Georgius Agricola - German scholar and scientist who was known as the "Father of Mineralogy"

I've heard of Coca-Cola and Pepsi Col and even RC Cola but I never heard of Agricola.







1887 Fatty Arbuckle - US silent film actor and comedian (The Lizzies of Mack Sennett, Mabel and Fatty, Keystone Comedies with Charlie Chaplin) In 1921 he was accused in a sex scandal, and although he was acquitted by the courts, it ruined his career and he never worked again

He got a raw deal. All it takes is to be accused and the media destroys you.







1930 Steve McQueen - Actor (The Blob, The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Papillon, Towering Inferno, The Sand Pebbles, Love with the Proper Stranger, Hell is for Heroes, Bullitt, The Hunter, Le Mans)