Sunday, July 1, 2012
[1867 - Canadian Independence Day]
[1804 - George Sand {Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin},
author, born in Paris]
[1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins with a Confederate victory]
[1869 - William Maxwell Wood is appointed first
Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy]
[1898 - Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders storm Kettle Hill]
[1899 - Charles Laughton, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England]
[1899 - Thomas Andrew Dorsey, pianist, gospel & blues composer, born in Villa Rica, Georgia]
[1902 - Myron Cohen, comedian, born in Nyack, New York]
[1902 - William Wyler, Academy Award-winning director, born in Alsace on the German border]
[1907 - Bill Stern, radio sportscaster, born in
Rochester, New York]
[1913 - Roberta Sherwood, torch singer, actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri]
[1915 - Willie Dixon, blues musician, songwriter, producer, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi]
[1934 - Claude Berri (Langmann), actor, director, producer, born in Paris]
[1934 - Sydney Pollack, Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, born in Lafayette, Indiana]
[1957 - Lisa Blount, actress, producer, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas]
[1997 - Hong Kong, BCC, is returned to China]
Forgiveness is the antidote for the poison of perfection.
William's Whimsical Words:
The last lesson that you need to learn for the first time.
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