Today is the birthday
… of Esther Williams, 88. When the national AAU 100 meter freestyle champion found out the 1940 Olympics were cancelled because of the War, she went to Hollywood.
… of Dustin Hoffman, 72 today. Hoffman has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role seven times, winning for Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man. Dustin Lee Hoffman is his actual name.
… of Larry Wilcox, 62 today. That’s CHiPs officer Jon Baker.
… of Roger Federer, 28.
… of Marjorie Rawlings, born on this date in 1896. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Yearling.
… of Emiliano Zapata, born on this date in 1879. “There have been men who, dying, have become stronger. I can think of many of them — Benito Juárez, Abraham Lincoln, Jesus Christ — Perhaps it might be that way with me.”