On this day, [Name] was born
1304
Francesco Petrarca,
Italian Renaissance poet
1822
Gregor Johann Mendel,
Austrian biologist and botanist who laid the foundations of genetics
1924
Tatiana Mikhailovna Lioznova,
film director, screenwriter, educator,
People’s Artist of the USSR
1938
Alexey Yuryevich German,
film director, screenwriter,
People’s Artist of the Russian Federation
