1821: Charles Baudelaire is born [fleurs du mal]
1865: “It would be useless and therefore cruel,” Robert E. Lee remarks, “to provoke the further effusion of blood, and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender.”
1928: Tom Lehrer is born during National Brotherhood Week
1932: Carl Perkins is born; don’t step on his blue suede shoes
1932: Paul Krassner, realist, is born, beats around the bush