Richard Dreyfuss was born on this day as Richard Stephen Dreyfus in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Norman, an attorney and restaurateur, and Geraldine, a peace activist, and was raised in Bayside, Queens. Dreyfuss is Jewish. He has commented that he "grew up thinking that Alfred Dreyfus and [he] are of the same family." His father disliked New York City, and moved the family first to Europe, and later to Los Angeles, when Dreyfuss was nine. Dreyfuss attended Beverly Hills High School. On June 10, 2011, Richard Dreyfuss was made a Mason "at sight" by the Grand Master of Masons of the District of Columbia. He was also made a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason the same day. Making a Mason “at sight” is a power and prerogative in many jurisdictions for a Grand Master to declare a man to be a Master Mason with an abbreviated ceremony. Such events are quite rare and reserved for very special cases. This was done in response to the "Dreyfuss Initiative, a research society promoting civics and enlightenment values founded by the actor.

Nathan Bedford Forrest He was a Lieutenant General of the Confederate Army. He was born on July 13, 1821 in Bedford County, Tennessee. He first farmed in Hernando, Mississippi but moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1852, and became a real estate dealer and broker in slaves. Entering the war in 1861 as a lieutenant colonel of cavalry, he distinguished himself with daring cavalry raids and was promoted to brigadier general after the attack on Murfreesboro in 1862. Following the battle at Chickamauga, he was transferred to northern Mississippi and made a major general. His harassment of the Union forces by cavalry raids and his capture of Fort Pillow in April 1864 lead to his promotion to lieutenant general in February 1865. His actions at Fort Pillow, when he moved his troops to a commanding position under a flag of truce and then gave no quarter to the Negro troops, is questioned. His own report stated: "We busted the port at niner clock and scattered the niggers. The men is still a cillanem in the woods." He was an entered apprentice in Angerona Lodge No. 168 at Memphis, Tennessee He entered the Celestial Lodge on October 29, 1877.