Wednesday, February 19, 2014
[1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick), astronomer, born in Thorun, Royal Prussia]
[1717 - David Garrick, Shakespearean actor, playwright, producer, born in Hereford, England]
[1743 - Luigi Boccherini, composer, cellist,
born in Lucca, Italy]
[1847 - Rescuers from Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, reach the
Donner Party survivors]
[1893 - Sir Cedric (Webster) Hardwicke, actor, born in Lye, Worcestershire, England]
[1895 - Louis Calhern (Carl Henry Vogt), actor, born in Brooklyn]
[1902 - John Bubbles (John William Sublett), dancer, actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky]
[1911 - Merle Oberon (Thompson), actress, born in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India]
[1916 - Eddie (George) Arcaro, jockey (two Triple Crowns), born in Cincinnati, Ohio,]
[1917 - Carson McCullers, writer, born in Columbus, Georgia]
[1924 - Lee Marvin (Leo Marvin Steinman), Academy Award-winning Actor, born in New York City]
[1930 - John Michael Frankenheimer, director, born in New York City]
[1942 - President Roosevelt signs Executive Order for Japanese American internment]
[1943 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, singer, born
in Baltimore, Maryland]
[1945 - U.S. Marines with naval support land on Iwo Jima]
Sometimes the Muse spends an hour with me, but mostly she prefers the company of another man, or woman.
William's Whimsical Words:
An hour with the Muse is like an eternity.
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