Friday, January 27, 2012
[1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, born in Austria]
[1832 - Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), mathematician, writer, born at Daresbury in Cheshire, England]
[1850 - Samuel Gompers, labor leader, born in London, England]
[1872 - Judge Learned Hand, jurist,
born in Albany, New York]
[1885 - Jerome Kern, composer, born in New York City]
[1900 - Admiral Hyman Rickover, Nuclear Navy creator, born in Makow, Russia (now Poland)]
[1901 - Art (Arthur Joseph) Rooney, Sr., Pittsburgh Steelers Owner, Pro Football Hall of Fame founder, born in Coulterville, Pennsylvania]
[1912 - Lawrence Durrell, writer, born in Darjeeling, India]
[1918 - Skitch (Lyle Russell Cedric) Henderson, bandleader,
musical director, born in Halstad, Minnesota]
[1924 - Sabu Dastagir, actor, born in Karapur, Mysore, India]
[1945 - Soviets liberate Auschwitz]
[1945 - Soviets liberate the Auschwitz Death Camp]
[1967 - Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee
die in flash fire in Apollo 1 test on launch pad]
[1973 - Paris Peace Accords are signed ending US participation in the Vietnam War]
William is not the first, nor will he be the last, to liken solution of the mystery of life to the hardest jigsaw puzzle ever. The image is compelling because in both cases the pieces are not in any order and are scattered all over, some of the pieces are missing, there is no picture of the completed work to guide us, and the identity and intent of the maker is unknown.
William's Whimsical Words:
Other than that, it's a piece of cake.
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