Tuesday, May 10, 2011
[1869 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways meet on Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, and drive in a Golden Spike symbolizing the first US transcontinental railroad]
[1899 - Dimitri (Zinovievich) Tiomkin, composer, conductor, born
in Kremenchug, Ukraine]
[1899 - Fred Astaire (Austerlitz), dancer, actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska,]
[1902 - David O. (Oliver) Selznick, producer,
born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1909 - Mother Maybelle Carter (Addington), singer,
musician, born near Nickelsville, Virginia]
[1914 - Charles McGraw (Butters), actor, born in Des Moines, Iowa]
[1917 - Margo (Maria Marguerita Guadelupe
Boldao y Castilla), actress, born in Mexico City]
[1940 - Winston Churchill becomes
prime minister of Great Britain]
[1960 - USS Triton (SSN-586) completes her underwater circumnavigation of the globe in 84 days]
Conviction
Conviction is a great gift, when it lies in the hand of someone you happen to agree with. Otherwise, it is just plain bull-headedness.