Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to Philip (1342), the Bold, duke of Burgundy; Frederick III (1463), the Wise, elector of Saxony, 1486-25, protector of Luther; Leonhard Fuchs (1501), German botanist, author of History of Plants; Pius V (1504), saint, pope, 1566-72; Thomas Fairfax (1612), Lord Fairfax; Benjamin Franklin (1706); Stanislaw II August Poniatowski (1732), last king of Poland, 1764-95; Charles Brockden Brown (1771), first professional American writer, author of Wieland; Anne Bronte (1820); Konstantin S Stanislavski (1863); David Lloyd George (1863), British PM; Al Capone (1899); Eartha Kitt (1927); James Earl Jones (1931); Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) (1942); Andy Kaufman (1949); Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952); David Caruso (1956); Jim Carrey (1962); and me (1970).