Birthdays for February the 1st:
1805 - Auguste Blanqui, French revolutionary workers' leader
1859 - Victor Herbert, composer
1882 - Louis St. Laurent ,(L) 12th Canadian prime minister (1948-57)
1901 - Clark Gable, didn't give a damn about Scarlet O'Hara
1902 - Langston Hughes, poet & translator (The Weary Blues)
1904 - S.J. Perelman, author & humorist
1915 - Sir Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
1918 - Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist
1935 - Vladimir V. Aksyonov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 22 & T-2)
1968 - Lisa Marie Presley, (Elvis' daughter)
