Tuesday, May 25, 2010

[1787 - Delegates convene at Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention]

[1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher,
poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts]

   
[1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer, born in Richmond, Virginia]

[1886 - Philip Murray, labor leader, CIO
founder, born in Blantyre, Scotland]

[1889 - Igor Sikorsky, engineer of first helicopter, born in Kiev, Ukraine]

[1895 - Dorothea Lange, photographer and photojournalist, born in Hoboken,
New Jersey]

[1897 - Gene (James Joseph) Tunney,
World Heavyweight Champion,
born in New York City]

[1898 - Bennett Cerf, editor, publisher, humorist,
born in Manhattan]

   
[1918 - Claude Marion Akins, actor, born in Nelson, Georgia]

[1919 - Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster,
born in Campbellsville, Tennessee]

   
[1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis III, jazz musician, born in Alton, Illinois]

[1929 - Beverly Sills (Belle Silverman), opera soprano,
born in Brooklyn]

[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world
records in one hour]

On Being Centered

Sometimes William feels so centered he is unable to move.

William's Whimsical Words:

Didn't Copernicus put an end to this notion?

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