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Friday, August 15, 2008
[1771 - Sir Walter Scott, writer, poet, born in Edinburgh, Scotland]
[1879 - Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe), Academy Award-winning actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[1885 - Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan]
[1901 - Ned Washington, Academy Award-winning lyricist, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania]
[1904 - Bil (William Britton) Baird, puppeteer, born in Grand Island, Nebraska]
[1912 - Julia Child, master chef, born in Pasadena, California]
[1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Cheshire, England]
[1914 - Panama Canal is opened]
[1925 - Oscar Peterson, jazz pianist, composer, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada]
[1935 - Will Rogers & Wiley Post are killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska]
Hogen
He was my mentor
The example of his life
He still teaches me
William's Whimsical Words:
Fair winds and following seas, shipmate.
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