The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve.
Jessica Alba, Actress (1981) |
James Baker, Politician (1930) |
Lionel Barrymore, Actor (1878) |
Harold Bauer, Musician (1873) |
Simin Daneshvar, Novelist (1921) |
Duncan Forbes, Writer (1798) |
Jorge Garcia, Actor (1972) |
William Hall, Soldier (1827) |
Diane Johnson, Novelist (1934) |
Elena Kagan, Judge (1960) |
Penelope Fitzgerald, Poet (2000) |
Leon Jouhaux, Leader (1954) |
Mohammed Daud Khan, Statesman (1978) |
Aleksandr Lebed, Politician (2002) |