August 5: Happy birthday author Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), Canadian painter Thomas John ‘Tom’ Thomson (1887-1917), Pulitzer Prize poet Conrad Aiken (1889-1973), Academy Award director John Huston (1906-1987), NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012 ), College Football Hall of Famer Roman Gabriel (1940- ), Emmy Award actress Ericka Slezak (1946- ), “Brady Bunch” actress Maureen McCormick (1956- ), and NBA basketball/ Olympic gold medalist Patrick Ewing (1962- ).
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:43:03 +0000