Friday, May 7, 2010

[1812 - Robert Browning, poet, born in Camberwell,
near London]

[1833 - Johannes Brahms, composer, born in Hamburg, Germany]

[1840 - Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
composer, born in Russia]

   
[1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel prize-winning poet, born in Kolkata, India]

[1885 - Gabby (George Francis) Hayes, actor,
born in Wellsville, New York]

[1892 - Archibald MacLeish, poet, dramatist,
Librarian of Congress, born in Glencoe, Illinois]

[1901 - Gary (Frank James) Cooper, Academy
Award-winning actor, born in Helena, Montana]

[1915 - Lusitania, British ocean liner, is sunk by a German submarine, drowning 1,198 civilians]

[1922 - Darren McGavin (William Lyle Richardson),
actor, born in Spokane, Washington]

[1923 - Anne Baxter, actress, born in Michigan City, Indiana]

[1931 - Teresa Brewer (Theresa Breuer), singer,
born in Toledo, Ohio]

[1933 - Johnny Unitas, Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterback,
born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1942 - Nazi decree orders all pregnant Jewish women of Kovno Ghetto executed]

[1945 - Germany surrenders unconditionally to Allies at Reims]

[1950 - Tim Russert, journalist, moderator, born in Buffalo, New York]

[1954 - French forces are defeated at Dien Bien Phu, northwest Vietnam, by Ho Chi Minh]

Airport Announcement

"Will Chris Rock pick up a White Courtesy telephone, please?"

William's Whimsical Words:

Fortunately, he has yet to take that call.

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