“I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.”
“Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.”
| Joseph Addison, Writer (1672) |
| Phil Foglio, Cartoonist (1956) |
| Glenn Ford, Actor (1916) |
| Philip Gibbs, Journalist (1877) |
| Jane Jacobs, Sociologist (1916) |
| Calamity Jane, Soldier (1852) |
| Jack Adams, Athlete (1968) |
| Jacques Delille, Poet (1813) |
| Nelson Gidding, Dramatist (2004) |