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Today is Wednesday August 14th, the 226th day of 1991.
There are 139 days left in the year.

ART, ENTERTAINMENT, and MEDIA celebrities born on this date...
 In 1802 Letitia Elizabeth Landon,  English poet, novelist, socialite 
 In 1810 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, London, composer of church music, organist 
 In 1867 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga) (Nobel 1932) 
 In 1869 Armas Jrnefelt,  Vyborg, Finland, composer 
 In 1892 Kaikhosru Sorabji,  England, composer (Opus Clavicembalisticum) 
 In 1894 Bricktop [Ada Smith], WV, entertainer, Bricktop caf proprietor, Paris 
 In 1903 John Ringling North, circus director 
 In 1910 David Crook, London, writer (Revolution in a Chinese Village) 
 In 1920 Nehemiah Persoff, actor (Al Capone, Yentl) 
 In 1924 Georges Prtre,  Waziers, France, conductor 
 In 1925 Russell Baker, Virginia, columnist, humorist (NY Times, Growing Up) 
 In 1926 Alice Ghostly,  Montana, actress (Bewitched, With 6 You Get Egg Roll) 
 In 1926 Buddy Greco, singer 
 In 1926 Ren Goscinny,  Paris, cartoon writer, creator of Astrix the Gaul 
 In 1940 Dash Crofts, rocker (Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze, Diamond Girl) 
 In 1941 David Crosby, rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross) 
 In 1941 Connie Smith,  Elkhart, Indiana, singer 
 In 1944 Tim Bogert, rock musician (Vanilla Fudge, BBA) 
 In 1945 Steve Martin, comedian, actor (The Jerk, Roxanne, Man with 2 Brains) 
 In 1946 Larry Graham, rocker (One in a Million, You) 
 In 1946 Susan St. James, LA (MacMillan & Wife, Kate & Allie, Name of the Game) 
 In 1950 Gary Larson, "The Far Side" cartoonist 

Notable deaths in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, and MEDIA on this date
 In 1951 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills 
 In 1958 Gladys L. Presley, Elvis's mom, dies at 46 
 In 1982 Patrick Magee, Irish actor, dies at 58 
 In 1988 Roy Buchanan, country guitarist, dies at 48 

Events on this day in ART, ENTERTAINMENT, and MEDIA history...
 In 1457 Oldest exactly dated printed book (c. 3 years after Gutenberg) 
 In 1873 "Forest & Stream" magazine begins publishing 
 In 1922 WSB, Atlanta broadcasts probably the 1st country music on radio 
 In 1923 "Felix the Cat" premiers as a comic strip (adapted from cartoon) 
 In 1933 "Ma Perkins" premiers on WLW radio, Cincinnati (later NBC, CBS; -1960) 
 In 1978 French TV announces a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian 
         woman's 40th birthday (compare:  Napoleonic drama 67%, Knockout 33%)
 In 1989 "CNN Newsroom," 15-min current events TV show for schools, premiers 