Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- August 15th

Happy Birthday!
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, statesman
1904 Bill Baird, puppeteer
1912 Julia Child, chef
1944 Linda Ellerbee, broadcast journalist
1968 Debra Messing, actress (Grace from Will and Grace)
1972 Ben Affleck, actor/ writer (Shakespeare in Love, Good Will Hunting, Pearl Harbor)
1974 Natasha Henstridge, actress/ model (Species)

Deaths:
1935 Will Rogers, humorist /actor

Events:
1914 Opening of the Panama Canal.
1961 Berlin Wall construction begins.
1969 First day of Woodstock.