Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer born on this day in 1889.

Did you know that:

• John Hadley was an English inventor of the octant, also called the reflecting quadrant, born on this day in 1682
• Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the world’s first successful motor-operated aeroplane, was born on this day in 1867
• Gina Carano is an American actress born on this day in 1982