Born

Born

1784 Zachary Taylor, general during the Mexican War, 12th President of the United States.

1826 Carlo Collodi, the creator of Pinocchio.

1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden.

1859 Cass Gilbert, architect.

1864 Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, French post-impressionist painter.

1868 Scott Joplin, composer.

1886 Margaret Anderson, editor, founder of The Little Review.

1888 Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People.

1912 Garson Kanin, writer and director (Born Yesterday).

1925 William F. Buckley, Jr., journalist, founder of National Review.

1946 Ted Bundy, serial killer; he confessed to 30 murders between 1974-78, but the total could be much higher.

1948 Spider Robinson, Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction author (Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon; Melancholy Elephants); received Robert A. Heinlein Award for lifetime achievement in 2008.

1949 Linda Tripp, who secretly recorded Monica Lewinsky’s confidential phone calls about Lewinsky’s affair with then-President Bill Clinton.