Monday, April 10, 2017

          
[1847 - Joseph Pulitzer, publisher, born in Mako, Hungary]

[1872 - Nebraskans plant over a million trees in celebration of the first Arbor Day]

      
[1882 - Frances Coralie Perkins, first woman cabinet member, (Labor Secretary), born in Boston]

          
[1903 - Claire Booth Luce, playwright, editor, Congresswoman, Ambassador, born in New York City]

      
[1911 - Martin Denny, band leader, composer, arranger, pianist, born in New York City]

   
[1915 - Harry Morgan (Bratsberg), Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Detroit]

[1917 - Robert Burns Woodward, Nobel Prize-winning scientist, born in Boston]

      
[1921 - Chuck (Kevin Joseph Charles Aloysius) Connors, athlete, actor, born in Brooklyn]

   
[1934 - David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author,
born in New York City]

   
[1938 - Don (Joseph Donald) Meredith, Dallas Cowboy Quarterback, ABC broadcaster born
in Mount Vernon, Texas]

[1963 - USS Thresher (SSN-593) and 16 officers, 96 enlisted men, and 21 civilians are lost at sea]

Leadership

A boy takes responsibility for what he is.
A man takes responsibility for what he does.
A leader takes responsibility for what happens.
A great leader makes good things happen by moral means.

William's Whimsical Words:

A leader for the ages changes the paradigm.

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