(January 17, 1922) is an American actress, comedian, author, and former game-show host. She is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls.
She has also released several books over the span of her career. In August 2010, she entered a deal with G.P. Putnam Sons to produce two more books, the first of which is scheduled for release in 2011.
(February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.
She is the New York Times bestselling author of several books including, Take Time for Your Life, Life Makeovers, Stand Up for Your Life, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace, The Art of Extreme Self Care and her new book with Louise Hay called You Can Create an Exceptional Life.
Born Melvin James Kaminsky in Brooklyn, Mel Brooks is a comedian, actor, writer, producer and filmmaker whose career has endured across the decades. He is known for his early work on telivision on Your Show of Shows and for directing film comedies including The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. Mel Brooks has won awards in several catagories, including an Academy Award and multiple Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards. He recieved a Kennedy Center Honors in 2009.
(born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He wrote and recorded the songs “Me and Bobby McGee”, “For the Good Times”, “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down”, and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
He was an American publisher and author, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional main character who appears in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short “Good Night” on April 19, 1987. Homer was created and designed by cartoonist Matt Groening. After appearing for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family got their own series on Fox that debuted December 17, 1989.
(26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997)[1][2] was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the “Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy”
The Dalai Lama is the leader of the Gelug or “Yellow Hat” branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word dalai meaning “Ocean” and the Tibetan word bla-ma (with a silent “b”) meaning “teacher”.
(January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. In addition to novels, Wharton wrote at least 85 short stories. She was also a garden designer, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several design books, including her first published work, The Decoration of Houses of 1897, co-authored by Ogden Codman.
(1860s – January 5, 1943), was an American botanist and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he was born into slavery in Missouri, either in 1861, or January 1864.
His reputation is largely based on his promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes
(May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press.
(March 14, 1887 – October 5, 1962), born Nancy Woodbridge Beach, was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris, where she was one of the leading expatriate figures between World War I and II.
She is known for her Paris bookstore, Shakespeare and Company, where she published James Joyce’s controversial book, Ulysses (1922), and encouraged the publication and sold copies of Hemingway’s first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems (1923)…
(12 June 1929 – ? March 1945) (aged 15) One of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary (which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II) has become one of the world’s most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films…
(4 July 1910 – 11 September 1995) was a New Zealand painter and author. He was the son of Peter McIntyre, a lithographic artist from Scotland, and his wife, Isabella Edith Cubitt
(born November 6, 1955) is a former United States Navy admiral who last served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command from August 8, 2011, to August 28, 2014. Since January 2015, he has served as the chancellor of The University of Texas System.
Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Maurice Sendak (1928)? On this day in 1928, writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. Sendak is best known for the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." He won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Wild Things as the "most distinguished American picture book for children."
She is an Associate Professor of Psychology with specialty board certification in clinical health psychology at Mayo Clinic.
(born 16 March 1959) is a New York Times best selling author of the book Dying to be Me,speaker,and intercultural consultant for multinational corporations.
Born Natalie Hershlag in Jerusalem, Israel, Natalie Portman is a model, actress, and a harvard graduate. She began her career as a child actress but it was not until 1999 that Portman recieved worldwide fame as Queen Amidala in the highly anticipated prequel Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999). She received an Oscar nomination for Closer (2004) and received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Black Swan (2010).
Born Joan Alexandra Molinsky, Joan Rivers was a comedian from Brooklyn. Her rise to fame began with her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She eventually became the permanent guest host for Johnny and coined the catch phrase "Can we talk?" Rivers was known for her irrelevant style, which paved the way for female comedian who followed her. She had several shows of her own over the years and, among many nominations she recieved a Grammy and an Emmy.
Born Jeffrey Ross Hyman, Joey Romone was a singer-songwriter best known of the lead vocalist of the punk band the Romones, which formed in Queens New York City in 1974. Joey became an icon as the frontman for the band, which would influence a generation of punk and pop musicians. Among their best known songs are "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "I Wanna be Sedated." In March 2002, the Ramones were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Born Judith Sussman, Judy Blume is an acclaimed writer of novels for children and young adults. Sales of her books have exceeded 80 million copies and have been translated into 32 languages. She has won more than 90 literary awards, including three lifetime achievement awards in the U.S. Among her best known books are Forever; Are You There God? It's me Margaret; Blubber; and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Virginia Apgar (1909)? An American physician and medical researcher, Virginia Apgar developed the Apgar Newborn Scoring System, which allowed doctors to determine within minutes after birth whether a baby needed special medical care through a focus on five indicators: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, color and reflexes. It dramatically lowered infant mortality rates around the world. Thank you, Dr. Apgar!
A comedian, singer, actress, and author, Sandra Bernhard was raised in a conservative Jewish family in Flint, MI. She began her career doing stand-up at the comedy store in Los Angeles and acheived notoriety with her one-woman off-Broadway show Without You I'm Nothing, which became a Grammy-nominated album and film. She played telivision's first openly gay actress on the network sitcom Roseanne from 1991-1996.
PhD, ABPP, is an Associate Professor of Psychology with specialty board certification in clinical health psychology at Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Ruth, as she is known, is an American sex therapist, media personality, and author. She ushered in the new age of freer, franker talk about sex on radio and telivision--and was endlessly paradied for her limitless enthusiasm for it.
Kermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson’s most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably on The Muppet Show, and Sesame Street, as well as movies, specials, and public service announcements throughout the years.
was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. In many of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics.
(October 1, 1889 – August 29, 1970) was the senior pastor of Christ Church (United Methodist) in New York City, United States. He gained considerable prominence in the U.S. as the featured speaker on the weekly NBC radio program, National Radio Pulpit, which aired from 1928 to 1962, and as a writer of several best-selling books on the Christian life
Billy Joel is a pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer, and the sixth best selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the U.S. He is known for songs such as "Piano Man," "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant," "Moving Out," and "Only the Good Die Young." He has won five Grammy Awards and in 2013 he recieved the Kennedy Center Honors.
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jonathan Richman was born to Jewish parents in Massachusetts and began writing music at an early age. In his early twenties, he formed a seminal band the Modern Lovers, well known for their hits "Roadrunner" and "Pablo Picasso." Despite his being known as a godfather of punk for his early work with the band, his solo work is known for its acoustic sound and childlike lyrics.
(December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American author. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World.
A New York native, Amy Schumer was raised by her Jewish father and Protestant mother and identifies as Jewish. She began doing-up in 2004 and rose to fame with her comedy central show, Inside Amy Schumer, in 2013. She also wrote and starred in the movie Trainwreck (2015). Schumer is known for being raunchy and outrageous, and for successively championing femminist issues.
