Born in 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer.
Born in 1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager.
In 1964 – Sidney Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in “Lilies of the Field.”
Born in 1883 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer.
Above: The Unmade Bed, 1957
Born in 1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor.
Above: From a collection of Vigeland sculptures in Frogner Park, Oslo.
Born in 1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor.
Above: Von Sydow in Ingmar Bergman’s film, The Virgin Spring.
Born in 1933 – René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist.
Above: Child, Patrocínio, Brazil. 1977
In 1977, The Clash released its self-titled album in Britain.
Born in 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter.
Above: Coppola directing Dennis Hopper in a scene for Apocalypse Now.
Born in 1965 – Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Known alternately as Black Francis and Frank Black.
Listen to Where is My Mind, by the Pixies.
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