1940: Ringo Starr, famous drummer in The Beatles, a rock band that took the world by storm in the 1960s, was born in Liverpool, England.

1906: Satchel Paige, perhaps baseball's greatest pitcher ever, was born in Mobile, Alabama. Paige earned his nickname, Satchel, as a young boy carrying bags at railroad stations for passengers. After being convicted of petty theft, he was placed in a Black reform school where he began refining his baseball skills. Five years later, the lean, long-armed Paige began pitching professionally for several teams in the Negro Southern Association, the Negro American League, and the Negro National League. (Source: Library of Congress)