2013 Event Scientists discover that bumblebees have the ability to sense electric fields around flowers, enabling them to identify specific flowers for pollination 1968 Death Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71 1954 Birthday Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility 1954 Event Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings 1946 Event Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published 1938 Birthday Gary Collins, born in Venice, California, actor, 6th Sense, Home Show 1930 Birthday Ugo Gregoretti, Rome, Italy, actor, Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty 1903 Birthday Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care 1880 Birthday Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many 1828 Death Dugald Stewart, Scottish philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74 1809 Death Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 1776 Event "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published 1753 Birthday Dugald Stewart, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, Scottish common sense 1737 Birthday Thomas Paine, political essayist, Common Sense, Age of Reason
