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George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic fame, singer, songwriter and producer, born on this day in 1941.

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Veteran actor and Human Rights activist Daniel (Danny) Glover was born this day in San Francisco in 1946.

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Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, (also known as Ras Tafari), was born on this day in 1892 in Ethiopia. He was the last of the emperors from the royal who traced their ancestry to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

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On this day in 1848, Lester Walton was appointed to represent the U.S. as Minister to Liberia.