Sunday, June 6, 2010

[1755 - Nathan Hale, Revolutionary War
patriot, born in Coventry, Connecticut]

[1756 - John Trumbull, painter, born in
Lebanon, Connecticut]

[1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin, poet, born in Moscow, Russia]

[1875 - Thomas Mann, Nobel laureate essayist,
author, born in Lubeck, Germany]

[1898 - Walter Abel, actor, born in St. Paul, Minnesota]

   
[1903 - Aram (Il'yich) Khachaturyan, composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia]

   
[1907 - Bill (William Malcolm) Dickey, Hall of Fame Yankee catcher, born in Bastrop, Louisiana]

   
[1909 - Isaiah Berlin, philosopher, historian, born in Riga, Latvia]

[1922 - Rocky Graziano (Thomas Rocco Barbella),
Boxing Hall of Famer, born in New York City]

   
[1944 - D-Day for Operation Overlord, Allied invasion fleet lands troops on Normandy beaches (largest amphibious landing in history)]

   
[1946 - Syd Barrett (Roger Keith Barrett), singer, songwriter, guitarist, born in Cambridge, England]

[1968 - Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General, Senator,
Presidential Candidate, assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan]

Small Difference

The difference between a milestone and a millstone is but a single letter of the alphabet.

William's Whimsical Words:

Either one can be quite a burden.

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