Today XII

Birthdays:

• David Hume, philosopher, April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776


• Gertrude Pridgett MA Rainey, blues singer, April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939


• Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein, philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind, April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951


• John Grierson, filmmaker, April 26, 1898 - February 19, 1972


• Alfred Elton [A.E.] van Vogt, science ficition writer, April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000


• Carol Creighton Burnett, comedienne, 1933


• Duane Eddy, guitarist, 1938


• Bobby Rydell, singer, 1942


• Gary Wright, singer, 1943


• Joan Chen, actress, 1961


• Jet Li, martial artist and actor, 1963

RIP:

• Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, December 14th, 1883 - April 26, 1969


• Rose Louise Hovick, aka Gypsy Rose Lee, actress, February 9, 1911 - April 26, 1970


• Irene Ryan, actress, October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973


• William COUNT Basie, piano player and bandleader, August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984


• William Broderick Crawford, actor, December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986


• Lucille Désirée Ball, comedienne, August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989