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Thursday, August 11, 2017

[1807 - David Rice Atchison, politician, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad organizer, born in Lexington, Kentucky]

[1902 - Lloyd (Benedict) Nolan, Emmy Award-winning actor, born in San Francisco, California]


[1919 - Green Bay Packers football club is founded]

[1921 - Alex Haley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, born in Ithaca, New York]

[1925 - Mike Douglas (Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.), entertainer, TV host, born in Chicago]

[1925 - Carl Thomas Rowan, journalist, presidential advisor, diplomat, Director USIA, born in Ravenscroft, Tennessee]

[1956 - Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in an auto accident]
Art Thou
Art consists of two things: vision and a means of expression.

William's Whimsical Words:
What else is there?
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