Wednesday, April 19, 2017
[1721 - Roger Sherman, lawyer, politician, statesman, born in Columbus, Ohio]
[1772 - David Ricardo, political economist, politician, financier, born in London]
[1775 - British and American soldiers exchange fire in Lexington and Concord]
[1824 - Lord Byron dies in Greece at age 36]
[1897 - The Boston Marathon is first run]
[1903 - Eliot Ness, untouchable Treasury agent, born in Chicago, Illinois]
[1933 - Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer), actress, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]
[1935 - Dudley Stuart John Moore, actor, born in Dagenham, England]
[1940 - Arthur Bloom, CBS TV director, born in New York City]
[1943 - An uprising by Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begins on the Eve of Passover]
[1945 - The musical Carousel opens at the Majestic Theatre in Manhattan, and runs for 890 performances]
[1955 - Volkswagen of America, Inc. is established in Engelwood, New Jersey]
[1993 - The Branch Davidian compound burns at Mount Carmel, Waco, Texas, during an FBI assault]
[1995 - Massive truck bomb destroys the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, 168 men, women, and children die]
If there is any thing that makes me ashamed to be a member of the human race, it is that in my lifetime I have been compelled to share that membership with those who did this.
William's Whimsical Words:
If there is any thing that makes me proud to be a member of the human race, it is that throughout my lifetime I have heard the voices of those who whisper, "Never again!"
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