Thursday, July 9, 2009
[1877 - First lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon is played]
[1879 - Ottorino Respighi, composer,
born in Bologna, Italy]
[1901 - Dame Barbara Cartland, romance novelist, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham]
[1927 - Susan Cabot (Harriet Shapiro), actress, born in Boston]
[1928 - Vince Edwards (Vincent Edward Zoino III),
actor, director, born in Brooklyn]
[1929 - Lee Hazlewood, songwriter, singer, born in Mannford, Oklahoma]
Badges of Office
The Noble Leader has his Scepter.
The Maid has her Feather Duster.
Neither should get to keep the job,
If real results they cannot muster.