Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 26

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[edit] Births

• 121 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
• 1711 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776) (pictured)
• 1785 - John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
• 1917 - I.M. Pei, Chinese-born architect
• 1933 - Carol Burnett, American comedian

[edit] Deaths

• 1865 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b. 1838)
• 1970 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1989 - Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)