“There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.”
“France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.”
| Traian Basescu, Politician (1951) |
| Trishelle Cannatella, Celebrity (1979) |
| Art Carney, Actor (1918) |
| Puff Daddy, Musician (1970) |
| Stephen J. Field, Judge (1816) |
| Luis Figo, Athlete (1972) |
| Ruth Handler, Businesswoman (1916) |
| Daisy Bates, Activist (1999) |
| Humphrey Carpenter, Author (2005) |
| Gilles Deleuze, Philosopher (1995) |
| Eugene Field, Poet (1895) |
| Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Artist (1894) |