A 22 year old Ernesto Guevara in 1951 while in Argentina. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am…only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.”
June 14, 1928: Ernesto “Che” Guevara was a medical student when he undertook the motorcycle treks across Latin America that inspired his career as a revolutionary. He was born in Argentina, 85 years ago today.
Marilyn Monroe was a serious reader.
“I’m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.”
June 1, 1926: Born Norma Jean Mortenson (Baker, her mother’s last name, came later) 87 years ago today, Marilyn Monroe became the iconic blonde. She wasn’t all wiggle and giggle—Monroe was also a serious reader who was often pictured with a book in hand.
T.H. White
“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”
May 29, 1906: Born in Bombay to British parents, T.H. White’s novels, including The Sword in the Stone, popularized the Arthurian legend and were a strong influence on J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
Margaret Wise Brown
“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”
May 23, 1910: Generations of children have nodded off to sleep under the spell of Margaret Wise Brown’s words in Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. She was born 103 years ago today.
Portrait of Alexander Pope, oil on canvas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
May 21, 1688: English poet and translator Alexander Pope was born in London, 325 years ago today. Though he made his living on popular translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey, it is his satirical quips that live on today.
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