A few events worth celebrating and/or remembering…
AUGUST 22, 1893
Iconoclast and writer Dorothy Parker is born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
“In youth, it was a way I had,
To do my best to please.
And change, with every passing lad
To suit his theories.But now I know the things I know
And do the things I do,
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you.”Dorothy Parker
The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
AUGUST 22, 1908
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France.
“The photograph itself doesn't interest me.
I want only to capture a minute part of reality.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson
AUGUST 22, 1932
BBC begins experimental, regular television programming.
AUGUST 22, 1983
Organizers of a Washington march marking the 20th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech announce that no representatives from Gay or Lesbian rights groups will be allowed to speak. A group of Lesbians and Gay men stage a sit-in at the organizers' office in response.
AUGUST 22, 1995
Dua Lipa is born in London, England.
Dorothy Parker is extremely underrated. Her short stories can be devastating. Especially Big Blonde.