His big bald head glistens with cold sweat
And his fat, chubby fingers, bristling with gold,
Paw at the bristling arrows,
Neatly grouped around his cold, dead heart.

J.P. Morgan, American Financier and Banker, was born today in 1837.

Sean Bean, English actor, was born on this day in 1959.

Benjamin Franklin, American founding father, died on this day in 1790.