Ole Larson's Folks

No close family anniversaries. Born in Scotland on this day in 1645 (the precise date is controversial; possibly baptized on this date): Captain William Kidd, one of the more controversial figures from the age of pirates and privateers.

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And in Japan in 1908: filmmaker Akiro Kurosawa, director of many art-film classics, including The Seven Samurai (1954 – top photo.)

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And in Poland in 1912, Werner  von Braun, the “father of rocket science.”

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