History and Birthdays

Today in History

• Marie Antoinette: queen was beheaded during the French Revolution (1793)
• birth control: Margaret Sanger founded the first clinic in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, for which she was arrested (1916)
• Million Man March: African-American men rallied in Washington, DC, led by Louis Farrakhan (1995)

Today's Birthdays

• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900): Irish-born playwright and novelist
• David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973): first prime minister of Israel
• Angela Lansbury (82): star of Murder, She Wrote
• Tim Robbins (49): actor/filmmaker, Shawshank Redemption