Thursday, February 16, 2017
[1741 - Benjamin Franklin publishes The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle]
[1804 - Lt. Stephen Decatur burns the captured US frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor]
[1857 - National Deaf Mute College is incorporated
in Washington, D.C. (Now Gallaudet University)]
[1884 - Robert Joseph Flaherty, film producer, born in Iron Mountain, Michigan]
[1893 - Katharine Cornell, actress, born in Berlin]
[1901 - (John) Chester Morris, actor, born in New York City]
[1903 - Edgar Bergen (Bergren), actor, ventriloquist, born in Decatur, Michigan]
[1932 - Otis Blackwell, singer, songwriter, born in Brooklyn]
[1932 - Gretchen Wyler (Wienecke), dancer, actress, activist, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]
[1935 - Salvatore Phillip 'Sonny' Bono, singer, entertainer, Congressman, born in Detroit, Michigan]
[1937 - DuPont Corp patents nylon]
The moment of your triumph
Is immediately followed by
A dousing of reality,
From an ice-filled Gatorade bucket,
In the hands of those you led and trusted,
And who love you.
William's Whimsical Words:
Reality is cold and wet, but curiously refreshing.
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