Birthday Alarm: Greeting Cards and Reminders

~ Celebrity Birthdays ~

• John Ruskin
   (British poet)
• James Dean
   (actor)
• Lana Turner
   (actress)
• Ted Koppel
   (TV journalist)
• Jack Lemmon
   (actor)
• Jules Verne
   (writer)
• Nick Nolte
   (actor)
• William Tecumseh Sherman
   (US General)

~ Today in History ~

• Today in 1587 the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots takes place.
• Today in 1883 experiments by Louis Waterman are first conducted to invent the fountain pen.
• Today in 1934 a new French government is formed by Gaston Doumergue.