Born in 1902 – Stevie Smith, English author and poet.
Video: Vic Chesnutt sings Stevie Smith’s poem, “One of Many”.
In 1995, The Washington Post and The New York Times published the Unabomber’s manifesto, written by Ted Kaczynski.
“The leftist is antagonistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser.”
“The conservatives are just taking the average man for a sucker, exploiting his resentment of Big Government to promote the power of Big Business.”
Above: Kaczynski in Montana, early 1970s.
Therese Neumann, German mystic and stigmatic who professed to have consumed no food other than The Holy Eucharist, nor to have drunk any water, from 1926 until her death (on this day) in 1962.
Born in 1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach.
“Both teams played hard.”
Born in 1876 – Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer.
“I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them.”
Born in 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer.
“I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played.”
Born in 1935: Mary Oliver, American poet.
“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
Born in 1942 – Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
“Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking; it comes from your knees and thighs.”
Born in 1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American author and poet.
“In these days the young folks is all copy-cats, ‘fraid to death they won’t be all just alike; as for the old folks, they pray for the advantage o’ bein’ a little different.”
-Mrs. Todd, in Jewett’s Country of the Pointed Firs
Born in 1948 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor.
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