Saturday, June 3, 2017
![Confederacy President Jefferson Davis](pix/davis-jefferson_1885.jpg)
[1808 - Jefferson Finis Davis, President Confederate States of America, born in Christian County, Kentucky]
![Barney Oldfield behind the wheel with his signature cigar](pix/oldfield-barney-wheel.jpg)
[1878 - Barney Oldfield, Indy Speedway Hall of Fame driver, born in Wauseon, Ohio]
![Actor Maurice Evans](pix/evans-maurice2.jpg)
[1901 - Maurice Herbert Evans, actor, born in Dorchester, Dorset, England]
![Opera Tenor Jan Peerce](pix/peerce-jan5.jpg)
[1904 - Jan Peerce (Jacob Pincus Perelmuth), opera tenor, born in New York City]
![The Toast of Paris Josephine Baker](pix/baker-josephine_banana.jpg)
[1906 - Josephine Baker, dancer, singer, club owner, born in St. Louis, Missouri]
![Actress Paulette Goddard](pix/goddard-paulette3.jpg)
[1910 - Paulette Goddard (Pauline Marion Levy), actress, born in Whitestone Landing, Long Island, New York]
![Actor Leo Gorcey](pix/gorcey-leo.jpg)
[1917 - Leo Gorcey, film actor, born
in New York City]
![Lili St. Cyr](pix/st-cyr-lili-nightie.jpg)
[1918 - Lili St. Cyr (Marie Van Schaak), Burlesque Queen, actress, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]
![Actress Colleen Dewhurst](pix/dewhurst-colleen2.jpg)
[1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Tony & Emmy Award-winning actress, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada]
![Actor Tony Curtis](pix/curtis-tony5.jpg)
[1925 - Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz), actor, born in the Bronx]
![Poet Allen Ginsberg](pix/ginsberg-allen3.jpg)
[1926 - Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, born in Newark, New Jersey]
![Jazz Singer Dakota Staton](pix/staton-dakota2.jpg)
[1932 - Dakota Staton (Aliyah Rabia), jazz singer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
![Activist Curtis Mayfield](pix/mayfield-curtis4.jpg)
[1942 - Curtis Lee Mayfield, singer, songwriter, record producer, born in Chicago]
Zebras
Zebras look a lot like horses,
Drafted into the armed forces.
Wearing uniforms with lots of stripes.
They eat their chow and air their gripes.
Now zebras don't look for a fight,
While Nations have to prove their Might.
So the former graze and eat some grass,
While the latter kick each others ass.
William's Whimsical Words:
When they trot into the battle,
All herded together just like cattle.
So much cannon fodder set in motion,
By leaders who sit across the ocean.
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