Thursday, May 21, 2009

[1688 - Alexander Pope, poet, born in London]

[1804 - Lewis & Clark Expedition begins]

[1898 - Armand Hammer, industrialist,
physician, born in New York City]

[1904 - Fats (Thomas Wright) Waller, blues musician,
song writer, born in New York City]

[1904 - Robert Montgomery (Henry Montgomery Jr.),
actor, director, born in Beacon, New York]

[1909 - Berta (Sister Maria Innocentia) Hummel, artist, teacher,
born in Massing, Bavaria]

[1916 - Harold Robbins (Francis Kane),
writer, born in New York City]

[1917 - Raymond (William Stacy) Burr, actor, born
in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada]

   
[1921 - Andrei Sakharov, physicist, human rights activist, born in Moscow, Russia]

[1924 - Peggy (Mary Margaret) Cass, actress,
comedienne, born in Boston]

[1927 - Charles A. Lindbergh arrives Paris in The Spirit of St. Louis to hero's welcome]

Presently

You should strive above all else to live your life in the present tense, starting tomorrow.

William's Whimsical Words:

or the day after.

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