1846 Peter Carl Fabergé – Russian jeweller who is best known for making the exquisite Fabergé eggs. His Easter eggs were made using gemstones and precious metals. Most of the eggs were commissioned by the Russian royal family

I still quite figure it out. Why'd they want eggs?







1896 Howard Hawks - US film director (The Thing From Another World, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Rio Bravo, Sergeant York, A Song is Born, Hatari!, Red River, The Big Sleep, Bringing Up Baby)

I do believe Hatari! is my all-time favorite movie. John Wayne at his best. He listed Hatari!, Stage Coach, and The Quiet Man as his top three favorite movies as well.








1908 Mel Blanc - US entertainer who created voices for radio, television and film characters (Bugs Bunny, Barney Rubble, Dino the Dinosaur, Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Quick Draw McGraw, Foghorn Leghorn, Heathcliff, Mr. Spacely…) He was known as "the man of a thousand voices"

Classic cartoons would have been lost without him.

“There's only five real people in Hollywood. Everyone else is Mel Blanc.” — Jack Benny.







1806 Charles Dickinson - US lawyer, died in a duel in Logan County, Kentucky. The victor was future US president Andrew Jackson who was participating in his first recorded duel. Dickinson was known as one of the best pistol shots in the area. The proud and volatile Jackson, a former senator and representative of Tennessee, called for the duel after his wife Rachel was slandered as a bigamist by Dickinson, who was referring to a legal error in the divorce from her first husband in 1791. Jackson met his foe at Harrison's Mills on Red River in Logan, Kentucky. In accordance with duelling custom, the two stood twenty-four feet apart with pistols pointed downwards. After the signal, Dickinson fired first, grazing Jackson's breastbone and breaking some of his ribs. However, Jackson, a former Tennessee militia leader, maintained his stance and fired back, fatally wounding his opponent. It was the first of several recorded duels Jackson was said to have participated in during his lifetime, the majority of which were called in defence of his wife's honour. In 1829, Rachel died, and Jackson was elected the seventh president of the US

If dueling was still around all of these people would be a lot less offended.