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“Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw”
“When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.”
| Eric Ambler, Writer (1909) |
| Howard Barker, Playwright (1946) |
| Kathy Bates, Actress (1948) |
| Don Baylor, Coach (1949) |
| Peter Baynham, Comedian (1963) |
| Alexis Carrel, Scientist (1873) |
| Bruce Davison, Actor (1946) |
| John Elway, Athlete (1960) |
| Harold Evans, Journalist (1928) |
| Frederick William Faber, Theologian (1814) |
| Mortimer Adler, Philosopher (2001) |
| GG Allin, Musician (1993) |
| Edward Carpenter, Activist (1929) |
| Helen Gahagan, Actress (1980) |