Albert Camus (1913) It was on this date, November 7, 1913, that French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus was born in Mondovi, Algeria. Camus studied philosophy with the idea of teaching it, but also discovered theater and journalism, working at those endeavors full time by 1938. In World War Two (1941) he joined the French Resistance […]

Griff Rhys-Jones (1953) It was also on this date, November 6, 1953, that British comedian Griff Rhys-Jones was born in Cardiff, Wales. A partner and foil of Mel Smith, at one time Rhys-Jones had the distinction of being the richest comedian in British comedy. He is also one of the best educated: he attended Cambridge […]

Greg Graffin (1965) It was on this date, November 6, 1965, that the lead singer for punk rock group Bad Religion, and a Ph.D. in Paleoanthropology from Cornell University, Greg Graffin, was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Aside from being co-founder of his own punk-rock group, Graffin is considered one of the five leading bone tissue […]

It was on this date, November 6, 1835, that Italian-Jewish anthropologist and criminologist Cesare Lombroso was born Ezechia Marco Lombroso in Verona, Italy. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 6, 1931, that American film director and screen writer Mike Nichols was born Michael Igor Peschkowsky, into a Russian-Jewish family, in Berlin, Germany. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 5, 1885, that the chief author of The Story of Civilization (11 vols., 1954-1975), William James Durant, was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 5, 1892, that British biochemist and geneticist John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was born in Scotland. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 4, 1922, that English archaeologist Howard Carter found Egyptian King Tutankhamen’s tomb. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 4, 1862, that British novelist, poet and playwright Eden Phillpotts was born in India. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

King Henry VIII and the First Act of Supremacy (1534) It was also on this date, November 3, 1534, that England's Parliament passed the first Act of Supremacy, thus making King Henry VIII head of the English church. Under Henry's urging, and in 276 words, Parliament gave to the head of state the role until […]