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Friday, May 25, 2012
[1787 - Delegates convene at Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention]
[1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1878 - (Luther) Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer, actor, born in Richmond, Virginia]
[1886 - Philip Murray, labor leader, CIO founder, born in Blantyre, Scotland]
[1889 - Igor I. Sikorsky, aviation engineer, creator of first successful 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]
[1925 - Jeanne Elizabeth Crain, actress, born in Barstow, California]
[1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis III, jazz musician, born in Alton, Illinois]
[1929 - Beverly Sills (Belle Miriam Silverman), opera soprano, born in Brooklyn]
[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in one hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan]
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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