Anniversaries
... Faberge, goldsmith and jeweller; 1896 Howard Hawks, film director; 1909 Benny Goodman, clarinettist and band leader; 1913 Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer. Deaths: 1640 Peter Paul Rubens, painter; 1744 Alexander Pope, poet; 1770 Francois Boucher, painter; 1778 ...