Born in 1946 – Connie Chung, American journalist.

Above: Robert Heinecken image, Connie Chung, 1986.

Born in 1957 – Martin Donovan, American actor and director.

Above: Donovan, center, as Jude in Hal Hartley’s Surviving Desire.

“Henry: You can’t beat up students because they don’t like Dostoevsky.

Jude: Perhaps.”

Born in 1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player.

In 1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis was released.

Born in 1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”

Previously: E.F. Schumacher

Born in 1952 – Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter.

Above: Still from the 2002 film, Gerry.

In the year 73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the Great Jewish Revolt.

Born in 1925 – Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter.

“I like audiences to crane their necks.”

Born in 1954 – Matt Groening, American cartoonist, creator of “The Simpsons.”