Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- August 11th

Happy Birthday!
1921 Alex Haley, author (Roots, The Autobiography of Malcolm X)
1925 Mike Douglas, actor (The Mike Douglas Show)
1933 Reverend Jerry Falwell
1944 Joanna Cole, children's author (The Magic School Bus series)
1944 Ian McDiarmid, actor (Senator Palpatine from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace)
1953 Hulk Hogan, pro wrestler/actor (Hogan Knows Best (VH1)
1967 Joe Rogan, actor (Fear Factor, NewsRadio)

Deaths:
1919 Andrew Carnegie, businessman
1937 Edith Wharton, author (The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome)
1956 Jackson Pollock, artist (The Moon-Woman)
1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (The Goonies, Scrooged, Throw Momma from the Train)

History Lesson:
Joe Rogan's half-brother is Bryan Callen (Eddie from Fat Actress, Mad TV).

Ian McDiarmid plays the bad guy in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi and played a young version 20 years later.