Wednesday, May 10, 2017
   
[1869 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways meet on Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, and drive in a Golden Spike symbolizing completion of 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]

      
[1930 - Pat Summerall, New York Giants kicker, CBS sportscaster, born in Lake City, Florida]

[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.

William's Whimsical Words:

Or heresy.

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