Born on this day, July 10, 1877:
Hélène Dutrieu, the first female cycling superstar - and also stunt cyclist, motorcyclist, auto racer, wartime ambulance driver, director of a military hospital, & world famous pilot.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Hélène! #BOTD
Born on this day, April 29:
Karl Freiherr von Drais (1785-1851), inventor. His Laufmaschine ("running machine"), created in 1817, utilized a design with two wheels in a line, and was the earliest form of bicycle.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Karl! #BOTD
Born on this day, August 9, 1957:
Melanie Griffith, actress, here riding in a scene from Milk Money (1994).
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Melanie! #botd #BikesInFilms
Born on this day, July 9, 1956:
Tom Hanks, actor/filmmaker, shown here in a scene from The Man With One Red Shoe (1985).
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Tom! #BOTD #BikesInFilms
Born on this day, August 7:
June Travis, actress (1914-2008), shown here in Palm Springs "in a costume she believes will be popular for cycling at desert resorts near here."
Happy #BicycleBirthday, June! #botd
Born on this day, August 25:
Ruby Keeler, actress/singer/dancer (1909-1993), shown here posing for Warner Brothers in 1934.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ruby! #BOTD
#BOTD: Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
"I'm not surprised THE AVENGERS has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing."
— Patrick Macnee (1922–2015) #BOTD
Born on this day, October 4, 1945:
Clifton Davis, actor, shown here in a Toronto production of Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1973.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Clifton! #botd
Born on this day, October 4:
Buster Keaton, actor, here showing off the bicycle he rides in the beginning of In The Good Old Summertime (1949).
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Buster! #BOTD
Born on this day, July 30, 1944:
Jimmy Cliff, musician and actor, shown here in the film The Harder They Come (1972), which introduced Jamaican reggae music to an international audience.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Jimmy! #BOTD #BikesInFilms
#BOTD: Yan Fu 嚴復 (1854–1921), the most important translator of modern #Western ideas into #Chinese. He translated, among others, Thomas Huxley's #Evolution and Ethics, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, and John Stuart Mill's On #Liberty and A System of #Logic.