Tuesday, June 24, 2014
[1842 - Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, satirist, journalist, critic, born in Meigs County, Ohio]
[1895 - Jack (William Harrison) Dempsey, heavyweight champion fighter, businessman, born in Manassa, Colorado]
[1910 - Irving Robert Kaufman, federal judge, born in New York City]
[1911 - Juan-Manuel Fangio, race car driving champion, born in Balcarce, Argentina]
[1912 - Norman Cousins, writer, editor, peace activist, born in Union Hill, New Jersey]
[1916 - John Anthony Ciardi, poet, translator, born in Boston]
[1948 - The Berlin airlift is initiated by the USA to counter the Soviet Union's blockade of the City]
[1987 - Jackie Gleason, 'The Great One', actor, comedian, dies at age 71]
The meaning of life is not revealed.
Our purpose here remains concealed.
So define it now by what's been done.
Forgive thyself the 'might have been.'
William's Whimsical Words:
Also forgive the coulda, woulda, shouda have beens.
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