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Ben Franklin's bifocals Sunday, July 25, 2010

Artist Thomas Eakins    Artist Thomas Eakins    Thomas Eakins - The Gross Medical Clinic
[1844 - Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins, painter, photographer, sculptor, educator, born in Philadelphia]

Actor Walter Brennan
[1894 - Walter (Andrew) Brennan, three time Academy
Award-winning actor, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts]

Longshoreman Eric Hoffer    Philosopher and Author Eric Hoffer
[1902 - Eric Hoffer, longshoreman, thinker, political and social philosopher, author, born in New York City]

Actor Jack Gilford   Actor Jack Gilford
[1908 - Jack Gilford (Jacob Aaron Gellman), actor, born in Manhattan]

Producer David Gerber
[1923 - David Gerber, producer, TV
executive, born in Brooklyn]

Actress Estelle Getty
[1923 - Estelle Getty (Scher), Emmy-
winning actress, born in New York City]

Hall of Famer Stanley Dancer  Stanley Dancer at work
[1927 - Stanley Dancer, Hall of Fame harness racer, born in Edinburg, New Jersey]

Trumpeter Don Ellis
[1934 - Don Ellis, Grammy Award-winning
jazz trumpeter, composer, born in Los Angeles]

Pole-vaulter John Pennel
[1940 - John Pennel, pole-vaulter,
born in Memphis, Tennessee]

Actress Janet Margolin
[1943 - Janet Margolin, actress, born in Manhattan]

Sweetness    Walter Payton HoF Induction
[1954 - Walter Payton, Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, born in Columbia, Mississippi]

Stockholm after collision showing bow damage

The Andrea Doria sinking after collision with Stockholm
[1956 - Andrea Doria and Stockholm collide off Nantucket Island in Atlantic fog killing 51 Passengers in Doria]

Lance Armstrong winning the Tour de France for USA
[1999 - Lance Armstrong overcomes cancer;
wins Tour de France for USA]


William's First Law of Social Engineering

A society in motion will tend to remain on the same course and speed, resisting resolutely all forces attempting to act upon it, whether internal or external.


William's Whimsical Words:

This is sometimes referred to as the Law of Monumentum.

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