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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Vernal equinox
[1828 - Henrik Ibsen, playwright, born in Skien, Norway]
[1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin]
[1890 - Lauritz (Lebrecht Hommel) Melchior, operatic tenor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark]
[1904 - B.F. (Burrhus Frederic) Skinner, psychologist, born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania]
[1908 - Sir Michael (Scudamore) Redgrave, actor, born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England]
[1922 - US Navy commissions USS Langley (CV-1), its first aircraft carrier]
"And now this is Ray Goulding, saying...write if you get work."
[1922 - Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), born in Lowell, Massachusetts]
[1985 - Libby Riddles is first woman to win Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race]
Good Life, Good Death
If you would a goode Life lead,
And if you would a goode Death get,
Live Healthy, and without Regret.
William's Whimsical Words:
Positively Franklinesque.
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