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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

[1890 - Paul Whiteman, bandleader, born in Denver, Colorado]

[1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate, born in St. Louis, Missouri]

[1903 - Rudolf Serkin, concert pianist, born in Bohemia]

[1905 - Marlin Perkins, zoologist, zoo director, TV Wild Kingdom host, born in Carthage, Missouri]

[1907 - (Samuel) Irving (Paul) 'Swifty' Lazar, talent agent, deal-maker, born in Brooklyn]

[1909 - Nelson Algren, novelist, born in Detroit, Michigan]

[1912 - Frank Lovejoy, actor, born in the Bronx]

[1914 - Edmund (Sixtus) Muskie, Maine Governor, Senator, Secretary of State, born in Rumford, Maine]

[1921 - Dirk Bogarde (Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde), actor, born in West Hampstead, London]

[1924 - Freddie Bartholomew (Frederick Llewellyn March), actor, born in Dublin, Ireland]
[1979 - Accidents at Three Mile Island bring the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown]


[1979 - Accidents at Three Mile Island bring the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown]
Predilection For Puns
Punning from damaged chromosomes comes.
Defective human phenome is the villain.
An Alliterative affliction has similar origins,
Neither responds to red pencil or penicillin.
William's Whimsical Words:
Inspired by the Ogden Nash School of Poetry.
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