Monday, April 3, 2017

   
[1783 - Washington Irving, author, born in New York City]

   
[1837 - John Burroughs, writer, naturalist, essayist, born near Roxbury, New York]

[1860 - Pony Express mail service begins from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California]

[1865 - Richmond falls to the Union]

   
[1893 - Leslie Howard (Steiner), actor, producer, director, born in London]

   
[1898 - George Jessel, producer, actor, comedian, born in the Bronx]

   
[1916 - Herb (Herbert Eugene) Caen, author, columnist, born in Sacramento, California]

   
[1921 - Jan Sterling (Adriance), actress, born in New York City]

           
[1924 - Marlon Brando, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska]

[1929 - Miyoshi Umeki, Academy Award-winning actress,
born in Otaru, Japan]

   
[1934 - James Thomas 'Jim' Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame guard, tackle, born in Macon, Georgia]

      
[1936 - James Harrell 'Jimmy' McGriff, blues organist, born in Germantown, Pennsylvania]

[1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs Foreign Assistance Act (Marshall Plan)]

[1949 - Lyle Martin Alzado, all-pro
football player, born in Brooklyn]

Psychological Warfare

How many light bulbs does it take to change a person?

William's Whimsical Words:

What could we have been thinking of when we bought into the Bush-Cheney crap that embraced torture as if it were an American virtue?

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