Wednesday, March 12, 2014

      
[1831 - Clement Studebaker, car maker, born in Pinetown, Pennsylvania]

[1901 - Andrew Carnegie offers New York City
$5.2 million to build 65 branch libraries.]

[1910 - Roger L. Stevens, producer, born in Detroit, Michigan]

[1912 - Paul Weston (Wetstein), songwriter, orchestra leader, arranger, born in Springfield, Massachusetts]

   
[1917 - Leonard Chess (Lejzor Czyz), founder Chess Records,
born in Motal, Poland]

   
[1921 - Gordon MacRae, singer, actor, born in East Orange, New Jersey]

   
[1922 - Jack Kerouac, author, born in Lowell, Massachusetts]

   
[1923 - Walter 'Wally' M. Schirra, Jr., astronaut, Captain, USN, born in Hackensack, New Jersey]

   
[1930 - Mohandas Gandhi begins his march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt]

[1947 - President Truman's Cold War Doctrine is announced]

[1952 - Mercedes-Benz introduces the 300SL gullwing coupe prototype]

Birthright

We should be distrustful of authority, since we were all arbitrarily expelled from the womb (where we were safe and all our needs were provided for) without our consent, and without even the due process of notice, or an opportunity to be heard on the impending action.

William's Whimsical Words:

Ouch! I am alive.

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