August 6, 1911 –
Luck? I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.

Lucille Ball, film and television executive, actress and comedian, was born on this date.
A comment from a member of the preview audience of Follow the Fleet about bit-player Ball: “You might give the tall gum chewing blonde more parts and see if she can’t make the grade – a good gamble.“
And so it goes
