Tuesday, March 18, 2014
[1837 - Grover (Stephen) Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President, born in Caldwell, New Jersey]
[1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, born in Tikhvin, near Novgorod, Russia]
[1850 - Henry Wells & William Fargo form the American Express Company in Buffalo, New York]
[1852 - The Same Gents, plus other New York investors, form Wells Fargo and Company]
[1886 - Edward Everett Horton, actor, born in Brooklyn]
[1901 - William Henry Johnson, artist, born in Florence, South Carolina]
[1925 - The Tri-State Tornado, (worst in U.S. history) hits eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and Indiana, killing 695, and injuring 13,000 people]
[1926 - Peter Graves (Aurness), actor, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]
[1927 - George Ames Plimpton, author, editor, journalist, actor, born in New York City]
[1932 - John Hoyer Updike, writer, born in Reading, Pennsylvania]
[1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer, born in Summit,
New Jersey]
[1941 - Wilson Pickett, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, born in Prattville, Alabama]
[1952 - Michael Lewis 'Iron Mike' Webster, Pro Football Hall of Famer, born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin]
True inspiration is when you sit down to write after getting up in the morning before you pour your first cup of coffee.
William's Whimsical Words:
and true dedication is when you finish your draft and get your coffee, only to find it has gone stone cold while you were revising the piece you had just written.
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