1906-1992
1981-
Head of the famous Barrymore acting family, Lionel Barrymore was one of the most important character actors of the early 29th century.
1878-1954
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is known for her roles in such films as Vanilla Sky, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
1974-
Kim Gordon is the bass player for the band Sonic Youth as well as an artist and clothing designer.
1953-
As dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, leading to the Persian Gulf War in 1992. His downfall was a direct effect of the Iraq War, initiated by the U.S. in 2003. Hussein was executed in 2006.
1937-2006
1930-1983
First female politician,attorney to serve as solicitor general of the United States of America.
1960-
1928-1962
Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)—her one and only published novel.
1926-
Jay Leno is the late-night talk show host of The Tonight Show. Fallon announced plans to exit the long-running series in April 2013.
1950-
The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe is known for his "Monroe Doctrine," disallowing further European colonization in the Americas.
1758-1831
1941-
Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who confirmed that the Milky Way rotates in its own plane around the center of the galaxy.
1900-1992