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franklin-bifocals-60 Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Artist & Inventor Leonardo da Vinci    Leonardo da Vinci's La Gioconda (Mona Lisa)
[1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, artist, painter, inventor, born in Tuscan town of Vinci]

[1783 - Continental Congress ratifies articles of peace ending Revolutionary War with Britain]

Writer Henry James    Writer Henry James
[1843 - Henry James, author, critic, born in New York City]

Outlaw Butch Cassidy    Reward Poster for Outlaw Butch Cassidy
[1866 - Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker), outlaw, born in Circleville, Utah]

Painter Thomas Hart Benton  Painter Thomas Hart Benton - Cut the Line
[1889 - Thomas Hart Benton, artist, born in Neosho, Missouri]

Blues Singer Bessie Smith    Blues Singer Bessie Smith    Blues Singer Bessie Smith    Blues Singer Bessie Smith
[1894 - Bessie Smith, blues singer, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee]

Titanic Sinking - news story
[1912 - The British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic]

Actor John Williams    Actor John Williams
[1903 - John Williams, Tony Award-winning actor, born in Buckinghamshire, England]

Actor Hans Conried    Actor Hans Conried
[1917 - Hans Conried, actor, born in Baltimore, Maryland]

Mayor Harold Washington    Chicago Mayor Harold Washington
[1922 - Harold Lee Washington, Mayor of Chicago, born in Chicago]

Elizabeth Montgomery    Actress Elizabeth Montgomery    Actress Elizabeth Montgomery
[1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress, born in New York City]

The Original McDonald's    McDonald's Ray Kroc
[1955 - Ray Kroc opens first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois]

Cruiser USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) in Suez Canal
[1961 - US Navy launches the first nuclear-powered guided missile frigate, USS Bainbridge(DLGN-25)]
n.b. This is not the Destroyer Bainbridge that was involved in the 2009 dust-up off the horn of Africa.
(US Navy-4, Pirates-0).


No Suffering

Suffer not fools gladly.
Suffer not scoundrels at all.


William's Whimsical Words:

Suffer not.

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