Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835), Dick Clark (1929) and Sandra Oh (1970) were all born on November 30th.
And it’s not a national holiday!
Seriously?!
It’s also the birthday
… of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Inspector Lewis Erskine and Stuart Bailey is 92.
… of Robert Guillaume, 83.
… of G. Gordon Liddy, 80. If the good die young, Liddy will live forever.
… of movie director Ridley Scott. He’s 73. Three nominations for the best director Oscar. Can you name the films?
… of David Mamet. The playwright is 63. Two Oscar nomintations for writing, Wag the Dog and The Verdict.
… of Mandy Patinkin. “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
… of Billy Idol, 55.
… of Bo Jackson, 48.
… of Ben Stiller. He’s 45.
Oliver Winchester was born 200 years ago today. A clothing manufacturer, Winchester bought a small failing division of Smith & Wesson in 1850, the division that made a rudimentary repeating rifle. In 1860, an engineer working for Winchester, Benjamin Tyler Henry, developed the first successful repeating rifle. It was improved upon and became known as the Winchester in 1866.
And Winston Churchill was born on this date in 1874.
Churchillian quotes:
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
“He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
“Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.”