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Today is Day 343 of 2024
586 BC
Siddhartha Gautama finds enlightenment at Bodh Gaya, India and becomes what is known as the Buddha.
65 BC
Roman lyric poet Horace born in Venusia, Italy.
1861
Film maker, magician and actor Georges-Jean Méliès (A Trip to the Moon) born in Paris.
1864
French illustrator and sculptor Camille Claudel born in Fère-en-Tardenois, France.
1886
Mexican muralist Diego Rivera born in Guanajuato, Mexico.
1894
Writer, cartoonist and Humorist James Thurber (The New Yorker) born in Columbus, Ohio.
1913
Poet Delmore Schwartz born in Brooklyn, New York.
1922
Painter and illustrator Lucian Freud born in Berlin, Germany.
1925
Jazz organist Jimmy Smith born in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
He made the Hammond B3 organ a vital part of jazz.
1943
Rocker Jim Morrison of the Doors born in Melbourne, Florida.
1966
Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor born in Glenageary, Ireland.
1980
Former Beatle John Lennonis murdered outside the Dakota
apartments in New York by a deranged fan.
Square One Ranch
Photo of the Day
New moon over the green manger at Square One Ranch. Taken 20201116.
Click on the photo for a larger view.
Photo available Here
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
“A thief thinks everybody steals.” – Indian Proverb
