October 4 is the birthday of the German painter LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (1515-1586).

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October 4 is the birthday of Piqua, Kansas native and silent film comedian BUSTER KEATON (1896-1966). He grew up to be a tinkerer, an athlete, a visual mathematician; his films offer belly laughs of mind-boggling physical invention and a spacey determination that nears philosophical grandeur. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.

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October 4 is the birthday of American actor and director CHARLTON HESTON (1923-2008). He received his first Golden Globe Award nomination for playing Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of Ben-Hur (1959). He also starred in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Secret of the Incas (1954), Touch of Evil (1958), The Big Country (1958), El Cid (1961), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Khartoum (1966), Planet of the Apes (1968), Julius Caesar (1970), The Omega Man (1971), Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Soylent Green (1973), The Three Musketeers (1974), Airport 1975 (1974), Earthquake (1974), Crossed Swords (1978), Mother Lode (1982), and Alaska (1996).

To see Heston in a classic clip from “Soylent Green,” CLICK HERE.

October 4 is the birthday of the American writer and illustrator of children's books ROBERT LAWSON (1892-1957). He is well-known for his illustrations for "The Story of Ferdinand" by Munro Leaf and he was "the first, and so far only, person to be given both the Caldecott Medal, for They Were Strong and Good (1941), and a Newbery Award, for Rabbit Hill (1945).

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On October 4, 1931, "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made his debut in the Detroit Mirror.

Here's the first strip.