In 1627 Irish physicist/author, Robert Boyle (experiments with color) In 1736 Astronomer/mathematician, Joseph-Louis Lagrange In 1759 Scottish poet/songwriter, Robert Burns (Auld Lang Syne) In 1783 Businessman, William Colgate (founded Colgate-Palmolive) In 1860 Charles Curtis, 31st U.S. vice-president (1929-33) In 1874 English novelist, W. Somerset Maugham (Of Human Bondage) In 1878 Engineer, Ernst Frederik Alexanderson (over 320 patents) In 1882 English author/critic, Virginia Woolf In 1899 Blues singer/guitarist, "Sleepy" John Estes In 1899 Belgium premier, Paul Henri Spaak (NATO secretary-general, 1957-61) In 1906 Actress, Mildred Dunnock (Jazz Singer, Love Me Tender) [d: 7-5-91] In 1918 Baseball broadcaster, Ernie Harwell (wrote Tuned to Baseball) [d: 5-4-10] In 1918 Actor, Ken Mayers (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol) [d: 1-30-85] In 1919 Former broadcast journalist/author, Edwin Newman (NBC) [d: 9-15-10] In 1924 Football Hall-of-Famer, Lou "The Toe" Groza (Brown