1880 Duncan Hines - Restaurant guide author. His high standards made his guidebooks very popular, and he was much trusted by travellers. In the 1950s he sold the rights to his name for use on grocery items, including cake mix. Products with his name on it sold very well, as he had amassed a reputation for quality over the years

I still use his cake mixes.







1940 James Caan – Actor (Misery, Rollerball, The Godfather, Honeymoon in Vegas, Brian's Song, Dick Tracy, Alien Nation, Freebie and the Bean, Las Vegas, El Dorado, Funny Lady) He is the father of actor Scott Caan

He was one of a kind. I enjoyed everything I saw him in although Roller Ball was pushing it.







1985 Keira Knightley – British actress (Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Love Actually, Doctor Zhivago, Bend It Like Beckham, Oliver Twist, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)

I saw the other day where she did what was in my opinion, child porn. I believe the movie was called The Hole where she appeared nude. She was only something like 16. She had her mother's permission but I don't know how that works. Maybe the laws are different in England.







1827 Ludwig von Beethoven, age 56 - German composer, died in Vienna, Austria. He had been deaf for the latter part of his life, but said on his death bed "I shall hear in heaven." It was later determined that he suffered from lead poisoning