Wednesday, April 26, 2017
[0121 - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor, writer, philosopher, born in Rome]
[1785 - John James Audubon, ornithologist, artist, born in Les Cayes, Haiti]
[1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, born in Hartford, Connecticut]
[1886 - Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett), blues singer, born in Columbus, Georgia]
[1893 - Anita Loos, novelist and screenwriter, born in Mt. Shasta, California]
[1897 - Douglas Sirk (Claus Detlef Sierck), director, born in Hamburg, Germany]
[1900 - Charles Francis Richter, seismologist, born near Hamilton, Ohio]
[1903 - Dorothy Sebastian, actress, born in Birmingham, Alabama]
[1904 - Charles K. Feldman, film producer, born in New York City]
[1952 - USS Hobson (DD-464) sinks after colliding with USS Wasp (CV-18)]
[1952 - USS Hobson (DD-464) sinks after colliding with USS Wasp (CV-18); 176 lives are lost in Hobson]
[1986 - Accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union]
[1986 - An accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union results in a uranium core meltdown. 32 die, dozens more suffer radiation burns]
In youth we are often arrogant and proud, thinking that this becomes us. It need not. In later years we can enjoy a well-deserved and honestly earned humility.
He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened. - Lao Tzu
William's Whimsical Words:
We are still waiting for the meek to inherit the Earth.
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