Guest Author - Judith Hodges

Today in History- August 21st

Happy Birthday!
1904 Count Basie, bandleader (One O'Clock Jump)
1924 Jack Weston, actor (Dirty Dancing, The Thomas Crown Affair (68)
1932 Melvin Van Peebles, actor (The Shining, Sweetback)
1936 Wilt Chamberlain, NBA superstar
1938 Kenny Rogers, country singer (Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town, The Gambler)
1944 Jackie DeShannon, song writer/singer (Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Bette Davis Eyes)
1956 Kim Cattrall, actress (Porky's, Sex and the City, Police Academy)
1967 Carrie-Anne Moss, actress (Trinity from the Matrix)

Deaths:
1974 Buford Pusser, life retold in Walking Tall.

Events:
1831 Nat Turner leads revolt.
1959 Hawaii becomes 50th state of the USA.