“Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.”
“We will that all men know we blame not all the lords, nor all those that are about the king's person, nor all gentlemen nor yeomen, nor all men of law, nor all bishops, nor all priests, but all such as may be found guilty by just and true inquiry and by the law.”
| John Agar, Actor (1921) |
| Tallulah Bankhead, Actress (1903) |
| Ernie Banks, Athlete (1931) |
| Bernard Barton, Poet (1784) |
| Eddie Cantor, Comedian (1892) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1882) |
| Dick Gephardt, Politician (1941) |
| Philip Glass, Composer (1937) |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu, Leader (1543) |
| Derek Jarman, Director (1942) |
| George Washington Cable, Novelist (1925) |
| John Galsworthy, Author (1933) |
| Jean Giraudoux, Dramatist (1944) |
| Molly Ivins, Journalist (2007) |
| Gil Kane, Artist (2000) |
| Coretta Scott King, Activist (2006) |