Thursday, May 14, 2009

[1607 - Permanent British settlement established at Jamestown, Virginia]

[1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, artist, born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England]

[1845 - USS Constitution lands Marines at Danang, Indochina]

[1904 - Olympic Games open in St. Louis, Missouri]

[1913 - John D. Rockefeller establishes the
Rockefeller Foundation with $100,000,000]

[1917 - Norman Luboff, choral leader,
born in Chicago]

[1936 - Bobby Darin (Cassotto), Grammy Award-
winning singer, born in The Bronx]

[1948 - David Ben-Gurion, Jewish Agency Chairman,
proclaims State of Israel at Tel Aviv]

[1955 - Soviet Union and 7 of its European satellites sign the Warsaw Pact]

The Itsy Bitsy Spy-Hole

The nasty old Al-Qaeda,
they hit us in the snout.
Down came the Towers,
but it will be no rout.
Out came the troops,
and found Saddam Hussein.
While crafty Bin Laden
He has not been slain.

William's Whimsical Words:

Really, folks, Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11.

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