Saturday, June 7, 2008

[1848 - Paul Gaugin [Eugene Henri], post-impressionist painter, born in Paris]

[1896 - Robert Mulliken, chemist, physicist (Nobel 1966), born in Newburyport, Massachusetts]

[1909 - Jessica Tandy, Academy Award-winning actress, born in London]

[1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, born in Topeka, Kansas]

[1917 - Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti), singer, actor, comedian, born in Steubenville, Ohio]

[1941 - Whirlaway wins the Belmont Stakes & racing's triple crown]

[1942 - USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island]

When I Grow Up

What will little William be,
When reaches his maturity?
Kind Sir, it mayhap be absurd,
Grandpa Moses of the written word.

To give his career a needed boost,
Trains he to Master the mot juste.
Should you care about poorwilliam,
Than prithee The Force is with him.

William's Whimsical Words:

It was a dark and stormy night . . .

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