Thursday, April 13, 2017
[1743 - Thomas Jefferson, founding father, president, genius, born in Albemarle County, Virginia]
[1852 - F. W. (Frank Winfield) Woolworth, merchant, born in Rodman, New York]
[1892 - Sir Robert A. Watson-Watt, physicist, born in Brechin, Angus, Scotland]
[1899 - Alfred Mosher Butts, architect, Scrabble game inventor, born in Poughkeepsie, New York]
[1906 - Samuel Beckett, playwright, born in Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland]
[1907 - Harold E. Stassen, politician, Minnesota Governor, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota]
[1919 - Howard Keel (Harry Clifford Leek), actor, singer, born in Gillespie, Illinois]
[1919 - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, atheist, activist, born in Beechview, Pennsylvania]
[1870 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art is formed in New York City]
He lived his life so fast that you had to be looking at just the right part of the night sky to see the brilliant flash of light that lasted for only an instant.
William's Whimsical Words:
Another candle in the wind.
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