"(and everyone thought nobody important was born on Christmas...)" 1954 Annie Lennox (singer) 1949 Sissy (Mary) Spacek (actress) 1946 Jimmy Buffett (songwriter, singer) 1932 Little Richard (Penniman) (singer) 1924 Rod Serling (scriptwriter) 1918 Anwar el-Sadat (Egyptian president) 1907 Cab (Cabell) Calloway (bandleader, singer) 1899 Humphrey Bogart (actor) 1893 Robert Ripley (ripley's believe it or not) 1887 Conrad Hilton (hotel magnate) 1821 Clara Barton (nurse: founder of American Red Cross) 1642 Sir Isaac Newton (mathematician, apple fancier ...and 5 female cloned piglets: Noel, Angel, Star, Joy and Mary :-)

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken