Tuesday, July 14, 2009

[1789 - Bastille is stormed; French revolution begins]

[1860 - Owen Wister, novelist, born in Germantown, Pennsylvania]

[1862 - Florence Bascom, geologist,
born in Williamstown, Massachusetts]

[1903 - Irving Stone (Tennenbaum), novelist, born in San Francisco]

[1910 - William Hanna, cartoonist, born in Melrose, New Mexico]

[1911 - Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens),
actor, born in North London]

[1912 - Woody (Woodrow Wilson) Guthrie, folk singer,
songwriter, born in Okemah, Oklahoma]

[1913 - Gerald R. Ford, 38th President, born in Omaha, Nebraska]

[1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Academy Award-winning director, born in Uppsala, Sweden]

[1927 - John (William) Chancellor,
newscaster, born in Chicago]

[1931 - Sir Robert Stephens, actor,
born in Bristol, England]

[1945 - [USS South Dakota (BB-57) bombards Japan]

Revolting News

Serfs up, Duke!

William's Whimsical Words:

Live free or die.

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