Sunday, July 8, 2012
[1776 - The Liberty Bell rings out from the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall),
for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence]
[1839 - John Davison Rockefeller, industrialist, capitalist, philanthropist, born in Richland, New York]
[1881 - Druggist Edward Berner of Two Rivers,
Wisconsin, creates the first ice cream sundae]
[1889 - John L. Sullivan wins by KO in 75th round of last bare-knuckle bout]
[1908 - Louis (Thomas) Jordan, singer, actor, sax player, born in Brinkley, Arkansas]
[1908 - Nelson (Aldrich) Rockefeller, Vice President, Governor, born in Bar Harbor, Maine]
[1910 - Sarah (Newcomb) McClendon, journalist, born in Tyler, Texas]
[1913 - Walter Kerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama critic, born in Evanston, Illinois]
[1914 - Billy (William Clarence) Eckstine, bandleader, singer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1926 - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist, author, born in Zurich, Switzerland]
[1931 - Roone Arledge, president ABC-TV
News, born in Forest Hills, New York]
[1934 - Marty (Martin Alan) Feldman, comedian, actor, writer, born in London]
[1969 - The U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam begins]
Why don't all the blind alleys of life have "Dead End" signs at the entrance?
William's Whimsical Words:
Because then life would be way too easy?
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