Sunday, June 19, 2016

Fathers Day

   
[1623 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician, philosopher, born in Clermont, France]

[1861 - Jose Rizal, Filipino founding father, born in
Calamba, Laguna, Philippines]

[1864 - USS Kearsarge sinks Confederate raider CSS Alabama off the coast of France]

[1865 - Juneteenth is first celebrated in Texas]

             
[1897 - Moe Howard (Harry Moses Horowitz), comedian, actor, born in Brooklyn]

       
[1903 - Lou (Henry Louis) Gehrig, Baseball Hall of Fame Yankee first baseman, born in New York City]

      
[1905 - Mildred Natwick, actress, born in Baltimore, Maryland]

      
[1906 - Earl W. Bascom, cowboy artist, rodeo showman, born in Vernal, Utah]

   
[1910 - Abe Fortas, Supreme Court Associate Justice, born in Memphis, Tennessee]

      
[1914 - Lester Flatt, bluegrass guitarist, born near Sparta, Tennessee]

   
[1928 - Nancy Marchand, actress, born in Buffalo, New York]

      
[1932 - Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), actress, born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy]

   
[1944 - Battle of the Philippine Sea begins ("Marianas Turkey Shoot")]

[1949 - NASCAR stages the first Grand National event at the Charlotte Fairgrounds]

[1952 - Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0]

[1978 - Garfield cartoon makes its debut]

What Goes Around . . .

Hey, Mr. Supreme Leader, and Mr. Leader, Jr., remember these guys?

Perhaps some day soon they will come for you, if you continue to deny your people true freedom.

One rigged election does not a free country make.

We sure remember these guys. Whose flag will they burn next?

William's Whimsical Words:

The people of Iran are too smart and too aware to put up with you for much longer.

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