Born in 1803 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designer of The Crystal Palace.

Above: The Crystal Palace, about which Queen Victoria said upon its opening:

“This day is one of the greatest and most glorious of our lives… It is a day which makes my heart swell with thankfulness… before we neared the Crystal Palace, the sun shone and gleamed upon the gigantic edifice, upon which the flags of every nation were flying… The tremendous cheering, the joy expressed in every face, the vastness of the building, with all its decoration and exhibits, the sound of the organ… all this was indeed moving.”

Also born, in 1964: Lucky Dube