People born on this day who eventually did great things:
1644: Olaus Rímer of Denmark — the first to accurately measure speed of light
1725: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot — designed and built the first automobile (but this has been disputed)
1897: William Faulkner — won a Nobel Prize for his book, Sound and Fury in 1949
1931: Barbara Walters — famous newscaster
1944: Michael Douglas — starred in Wall Street in 1987 and now he’s some kind of expert on the situation today? Douglas answers the questions with savvy and smarts. Good job, Michael!
1949: Anson Williams — played Potsie on Happy Days
1952:Christopher Reeve — played Superman 4 times among other roles in movies and television
1965: Will Smith — better known for his movies than his rap albums, I suspect
1969: Catherine Zeta Jones — an actress maybe better known for marrying Michael Douglas than any of her roles, but she did get to act with Sean Connery in Entrapment.
Happy birthday everybody, and happy birthday to me, too!
