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It’s so easy to laugh
It’s so easy to hate
It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

Born in 1959 – Morrissey, English singer-songwriter.

Born in 1949 – Jack Handey, American humorist.

Born in 1869 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor.

Above: Matisse a few months before his death.

Born in 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, inventor of basketball.

Above: Naismith, and wife Maude.

Born in 1932 – Sylvia Plath, American poet.

“And by the way, everything in life is writeable if you have the outgoing guts to do it.”

Mabel Nadine, born in 2006.

Born in 1895: Buster Keaton, American actor, director, and producer.

Born in 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer.

Above: Andrews in The Sound of Music.

Born in 1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter.

Above: Still from Antonioni’s film, Blow Up.

Born in 1957 – Nick Cave, Australian poet, musician, author, and screenwriter.

Previously: Nick Cave