What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet.
Barbara Amiel, Journalist (1940) |
Albert Bandura, Psychologist (1925) |
Tyra Banks, Model (1973) |
Thomas Carlyle, Philosopher (1795) |
Edith Cavell, Public Servant (1865) |
Wally George, Celebrity (1931) |
Gary Gilmore, Criminal (1940) |
Wassily Kandinsky, Artist (1866) |
Charles Keating, Lawyer (1923) |
William Labov, Writer (1927) |
Maurice Barres, Politician (1923) |
John Gay, Poet (1732) |
Robert Hamer, Director (1963) |
Fred Hampton, Activist (1969) |
Omar Khayyam, Poet (1131) |
Bert Lahr, Actor (1967) |