Tuesday, July 10, 2007

[1856 - Nicola Tesla, scientist, inventor, born in Smiljan, Croatia]

[1834 - James (Abbott McNeill) Whistler, artist, born in Lowell, Massachusetts]

[1871 - Marcel Proust, author, born in Auteuil, France]

[1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel & Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, born in Lachine, Quebec]

[1923 - Jean Kerr (Collins), author, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania]

[1925 - Trial begins in Dayton, Tennessee, of John Scopes, high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee state law]

[1941 - Jelly Roll Morton dies in Los Angeles]

[1943 - Arthur Ashe, Tennis Hall of Famer, born in Richmond, Virginia]

[1987 - French agents sink Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor killing Fernando Pereira]

Stray Cat

He was found with his brother under a bush
Ran up a tree and refused to come down.
The neighborhood rescue squad was called.
When they caught him they were all appalled.

Smelling of gasoline, with every rib showing,
This bedraggled kitten was hardly a prize.
Too frightened to purr when held or petted.
He hid in dark places showing only cat eyes.

William's Whimsical Words:

Still does sometimes.

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