Friday, March 20, 2009
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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