Poor William's Almanack, July 29, 2009, Riding the Airwaves

Ben Franklin's bifocals Wednesday, July 29, 2009

[1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman & writer
(Democracy in America) born in Paris]

Ryo-sen-ji Temple in Shimoda, Japan, where the Treaty signed
[1858 - United States and Japan sign a commerce treaty]

[1869 - (Newton) Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, born in Indianapolis, Indiana]

[1885 - Theda Bara (Theodosia Burr Goodman),
actress, born in Cincinnati, Ohio]

[1887 - Sigmund Romberg, operetta composer, born
in Nagykanizsa (Szeged), Hungary]

[1892 - William (Horatio) Powell, actor, born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1905 - Clara (Gordon) Bow, actress, born in Brooklyn]

[1907 - Melvin Belli, attorney, born in Sonora, California]

[1913 - Stephen (Horace) McNally, actor, born in New York City]

[1921 - Richard Egan, actor, born in San Francisco]

[1938 - Peter Jennings, journalist, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada]

[1958 - NASA is established]

Riding the Airwaves

As you travel across this great land of ours you can tell where you are by the character of the radio stations that come up on your dial. In Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana you will listen to "The Moose" or "The Mountain." If you make it to California, you will find yourself in "The Zone."

a loose moose three zebras who are in the zone

William's Whimsical Words:

It's all good.

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