I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.
Charlotte Brontë, born on 21 April 1816, Sun Taurus, Moon Aquarius, Ascendant Virgo, English author (Yorkshire, England, April 21, 1816 – 31 March 1855). “Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”
Ulrich von Hutten (21 April 1488 – 29 August 1523) scholar, poet and reformer.
Ludovico Carracci (2.2) Italian painter (Bologna, Italy, April 21, 1555 – 13 November 1619)
John Cameron Mitchell, (2.1) American film director, 1963, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus and Rabbit Hole.
Marcel Camus (2.3) French film director (Chappes, France, April 21, 1912 – 13 January 1982)
Anthony Quinn (2.4) Mexican-born American actor (Mexico, April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001)
Silvana Mangano (2.12.8) Italian actress (Roma, Italy, April 21, 1930 – 16 December 1989)
Iggy Pop (2.2.4) American musician (The Stooges) (Muskegon, US, April 21, 1947)
1652 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1671 – John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
1730 – Antonín Kammel,Czech composer and violinist (d. 1788)
1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (d. 1862)
1775 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (d. 1870)
1814 – Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, English philanthropist (d. 1906)
1851 – Charles Barrois, French geologist (d. 1939)
1864 – Max Weber, German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)
1870 – Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer (d. 1941)
1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1889 – Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1907 – Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist
1915 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (d. 2003)
1918 – Eddy Christiani, Dutch singer and guitarist
1919 – Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
1924 – Ira Louvin, Country music singer, songwriter, and musician (d. 1965)
1932 – Elaine May, American comedian
1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr., American professor of music, a concert pianist, a composer
1935 – Charles Grodin, American actor
1945 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
1945 – Ronnie Tober, Dutch singer
1947 – Barbara Park, American author of children’s books
1947 – John Weider, British rock musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)
1948 – Paul Davis, American singer (d. 2008)
1949 – Patti LuPone, American singer and actress
1958 – Andie MacDowell, American actress
1959 – Tim Jacobus, American artist (Goosebumps)
1959 – Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
1959 – Robert Smith, British musician (The Cure)
1959 – Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies)
1963 – John Cameron Mitchell, American film director
1966 – Michael Franti, American musician
1971 – Eric Mabius, American actor
1971 – Michael Turner, American comic book artist (d. 2008)
1972 – Severina Vučković, Croatian singer
1978 – Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
1978 – Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid, The Used)
982 – Lynn Hilary, Irish singer
ACIM: 111. Miracles are seen in light. Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one.
Saints: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, bishop and doctor of the Church – Optional Memorial
Gospel of Thomas: (103) Jesus said, “Fortunate is the man who knows where the brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain, and arm himself before they invade.”
Concise Epitome: 11.2 From that moment onwards the Champion were called the Pioneers of the Sacred Cone, or Pristine Developers. (Da quel momento i Campioni furono chiamati i Pionieri del Sacro Cono, o Pristini Sviluppatori)