Saturday, March 1, 2008

[1692 - Three Salem, Massachusetts, women are charged with practicing witchcraft]

[1837 - William Dean Howells, author, critic,
editor, born in Martins Ferry, Ohio]

   
[1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established for the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People]

[1904 - Paul Hartman, Tony award-winning actor, dancer,
born in San Francisco]

      
[1904 - Glenn Miller, bandleader, born in Clarinda, Iowa]

[1910 - (James) David (Graham) Niven, Academy
Award-winning actor, born in London]

   
[1914 - Harry (Christopher) Caray (Carabina), Award-winning sportscaster, born in St. Louis,
Missouri]

   
[1914 - Ralph Waldo Ellison, writer, author, teacher, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]

[1917 - Robert Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet, born in Boston]

   
[1922 - William M.(Maxwell) Gaines, magazine and comic book writer and publisher, born in Brooklyn]

[1924 - Deke (Donald) Slayton, astronaut,
born near Sparta, Wisconsin]

   
[1926 - Pete (Alvin Ray) Rozelle, NFL commissioner, born in South Gate, California]

[1941 - Duffy's Tavern debuts on radio]

   
[1961 - President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order establishing the Peace Corps]

Wisdom #2

Wisdom is a little voice you hear that says, "Wait a minute," just as you are about to react the same old way to a familiar stimulus. If you listen, and if you pause to examine, and if you question, and if you force yourself to consider what you are about to do, and if you honestly examine whether what you are about to do is still relevant and appropriate, then you have heard the voice of wisdom.

William's Whimsical Words:

Courage is the strength you find within that allows you to change your behavior when you have heard the voice of wisdom.

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