One of the greatest poets of the 20th century

Ezra Pound under arrest. Photo taken by an American military tribunal in Italy

Anita Ekberg
29 September 1931 – 11 January 2015

Swedish model, beauty queen, actress and 1960s sex symbol, resident in Italy, who is best known for Federico Fellini's film "La Dolce Vita" (1960).

Anita Ekberg dressed up as the devil for a costume ball [1955]

Alfred Hitchcock
13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980

He was nicknamed the "Master of Suspense" for employing a kind of psychological suspense in his films, producing a distinct viewer experience

Gavrilo Princip
25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918

Man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The murder set off a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I

Astronaut Neil Armstrong readies for his dramatic Gemini-8 flight [16 March 1966]

Roald Dahl
13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990

Children's author Roald Dahl wrote the kids' classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, among other famous works

Annie Oakley
13 August 1860 – 3 November 1926

Annie Oakley was a renowned markswoman. She taught more than 15 000 women how to use a gun

American airman Dewey Wayne Waddell, held prisoner in Vietnam [1967]

Paul Tibbets was a brigadier general in the US Air Force and is best known for piloting the aircraft to drop the first atomic bomb in the history of warfare [6 August 1945]

Boris Yeltsin was the first freely elected President of Russia

Charles de Gaulle rose from French soldier in World War I to exiled leader and, eventually, president of the Fifth Republic [April 1960]

Alexander Graham Bell — Father of the Telephone

Amy Johnson pioneering English aviator. The first aviatrix, to fly solo 11 000 miles (18 000 km) from England to Australia [5 – 24 May 1930]

Ernest Hemingway is seen as one of the great American 20th century novelists, and is known for works like A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea. In 1954, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize

Giuseppe Farina — Racer for Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. The very first Formula-1 Worldchampion

Today is Star Wars creator George Lucas’ birthday

Kamikaze pilot Kasui Nuki-ji (center) with fellow pilots. Yet another kamikaze who actually survived the war

Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there — Willie Nelson