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Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. He served as the fourth Chief of Staff of the IDF and… [More] later became Defense Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel. He was a symbol of Israel’s fighting strength. He was born to Ukrainian-immigrants on Kibbutz Degania Alef, a famous kibbutz along the Sea of Galilee (he was the second child to be born on the kibbutz). Dayan, who lost one eye during a 1941 military campaign (by French Vichy soldiers) near the Litani River near Lebanon, wrote this about his struggle: “I’m ready to make any effort and stand any suffering, if only I could get rid of my black eye patch. The attention it drew was intolerable to me. I preferred to shut myself up at home, doing anything, rather than encounter the reactions of people wherever I went.” [Less]
1928: Al Aronowitz
Aronowitz, a NJ-native and a graduate of Rutgers University, was an American rock journalist best known… [More] for introducing Bob Dylan and The Beatles in 1964. Aronowitz introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles in a New York City hotel room on August 28, 1964; According to his own journal entries, he brought a marijuana joint which would be the first pot smoked by the Beatles. Aronowitz also claimed that Dylan wrote the song “Mr. Tambourine Man” while staying in Aronowitz’s Berkeley Heights, New Jersey home. [Less]
1966: Mindy Cohn
Cohn is a Jewish-American actress and comedian best known for playing Natalie on “The Facts of… [More] Life” and being the current voice for Velma Dinkley in the “Scooby-Doo” franchise. Cohn grew up in Los Angeles and portrayed the character of Natalie in “The Fact of Life” for the entire run of the series, from 1979 to 1988, as well in the reunion movie of 2001. [Less]