Born in 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer.

Born in 1892 – Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor.

Previously.

Born in 1948 – S. E. Hinton, American author.

Above: From the film adaptation of Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders.

Born in 1955 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter.

Above: Still from the opening sequence of Tarr’s film Werckmeister Harmonies. (2000)

Born in 1759 – St. Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk.

Previously: Born in 1974.

Born in 1967 – Will Ferrell, American humorist.

Previously, in 1951.

Born in 1930 – Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic.

“Il n’y a pas de hors-texte.”

Born in 1912 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter.

Born in1908 – Minor White, American photographer.

Above: Windowsill Dreaming, 1958.

Previously: South Sudan Declares Independance

Born in 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter.

Above: Chagall”s  stained glass windows at Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem.

Previously: Jan Hus burned at stake.