Poor William's Almanack, April 2, 2009, An Almanack?

franklin-bifocals-60 Thursday, April 2, 2009

Frigate Alliance passing Boston Lighthouse
[1781 - Frigate Alliance captures British privateers, Mars and Minerva]

[1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, writer,
born in Odense, Denmark]

Writer & Activist Emile Zola
[1840 - Emile Zola, novelist, born in Paris]

[1875 - Walter Chrysler, auto manufacturer, born in Wamego, Kansas]

[1908 - Buddy Ebsen (Christian Rudolph Ebsen),
actor, born in Belleville, Illinois]

Sir Alec Guinness in Bridge on the River Kwai

[1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, Academy Award-
winning actor, born in London]

Artist Charles Wilbert White
Artist Charles W. White's Harvest Talk
[1918 - Charles White, artist, muralist, born in Chicago]

[1920 - Jack (John Randolph) Webb, actor,
director, born in Santa Monica, California]

Marvin Gaye - album cover
[1939 - Marvin Gaye, Jr., singer, born in Washington D.C.]

[1982 - Argentina invades the Falklands Islands, a British colony]

An Almanack?

An Almanack hath william written.
Methinks he needs to put his wit in.

William's Whimsical Words:

Dr. Franklin never ran out of material,
But William's repertoire proves ethereal.

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