FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (born 1912)

Crispus Attucks

Crispus Attucks, American slave, sailor, and stevedore, generally regarded as the first victim of the Boston Massacre (born 1723)

Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (born 1745)

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (born 1897)

Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (born 1889)

Thietmar of Minden

Christian feast day: Thietmar of Minden

John Joseph of the Cross

Christian feast day: John Joseph of the Cross

Saint Piran

Christian feast day: Piran

Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea

Christian feast day: Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea

Jay Silverheels

Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (born 1912)