Wednesday, July 15, 2009
[1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, master painter, born in Leiden, the Netherlands]
[1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, poet,
author, born in New York City]
[1867 - Maggie Lena Walker, businesswoman,
bank founder, born in Richmond, Virginia]
[1905 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist, born in Allenhurst, New Jersey]
[1910 - Ken Lynch, actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio]
[1912 - Jim Thorpe wins decathlon at
Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden]
[1958 - 1,800 US Marines land at Beirut, Lebanon, as peacekeepers]
Minimalist:
Art of suggesting much by absence.
William's Whimsical Words:
Jack Benny pregnant pause
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