Thursday, April 20, 2017
[1850 - Daniel Chester French, sculptor, born in Exeter, New Hampshire]
[1889 - Adolf Hitler, fascist murderer of eleven-million people,
born in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria]
[1893 - Harold Lloyd, comedian, actor, born in Burchard, Nebraska]
[1893 - Joan Miro, artist, born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain]
[1902 - Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radioactive
radium salts from pitchblende in Paris]
[1904 - Bruce Cabot (Etienne Pelissier Jacques
de Bujac), actor, born in Carlsbad, New Mexico]
[1908 - Lionel Leo Hampton, songwriter, jazz musician, born in Louisville, Kentucky]
[1914 - Colorado State National Guard members (paid by the Rockefellers) slaughter striking miners & families at Ludlow, Colorado]
[1914 - Betty Lou Gerson, radio, TV, and film actress, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee]
[1924 - Nina Foch (Nina Consuelo Maud Fock), actress, born in the Netherlands]
[1925 - Ernest Alfred 'Ernie' Stautner, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle, born in Prinzing-by-Cham, Bavaria]
[1927 - Phil (Philip Toll) Hill, Jr., race car driver, Formula One champion, born in Miami, Florida]
[1953 - USS New Jersey shells Wonsan, Korea, from inside the harbor]
Burial at Sea
She, the Mother of all Life.
Each wave shall have a bit of me.
So walk you in surf along the shore,
Know that I may touch you, Evermore.
William's Whimsical Words:
No more worries, and no strife.
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