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Sunday, August 25, 2013

[1819 - Allan Pinkerton, founder of private detective agency, founder of secret service, born in Glasgow, Scotland]

[1836 - (Francis) Bret Harte, author, born in Albany, New York]

[1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, Nobel Prize biochemist, born in Hildesheim, Germany]

[1906 - William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court Justice, born in Newark, New Jersey]

[1908 - Walter Burke, actor, born in Brooklyn]

[1909 - Ruby (Ethel Hilda) Keeler, dancer, actress, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia]

[1909 - Michael Rennie, actor, born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England]

[1913 - Walt Kelly, cartoonist, satirist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[1916 - (Charles) Van Johnson, actor, born in Newport, Rhode Island]

[1916 - National Park Service is created]

[1916 - Frederick C. Robbins, Nobel Prize- winning physician, born in Auburn, Alabama]

[1917 - Mel Ferrer, actor, director, producer, born in Elberon, New Jersey]

[1918 - Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts]

[1927 - Althea Gibson, tennis champion, born in Silver, South Carolina]
The Camel

The Camel can be Dromedary, or is Bactrian.
The number of humps is the key criterion.
But those who confuse camels with tiny bacteria,
Probably think The Four Seasons is a cafeteria.

William's Whimsical Words:

Two characteristics that The Four Seasons Restaurant and a school cafeteria share: food and class lines.
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