Monday, September 16, 2013             

Mexican Independence Day

   
[1810 - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla calls peasants to fight for Mexican independence]

   
[1823 - Francis Parkman, author, born in Boston]

[1854 - US Navy establishes Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo in San Francisco Bay]

   
[1875 - J.C. (James Cash) Penney, merchant, entrepreneur, born near Hamilton, Missouri]

          
[1887 - Louise Arner Boyd, Arctic explorer, born in San Rafael, Marin County, California]

[1890 - George W. Calhoun, sportswriter,
Packers cofounder, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin]

[1908 - General Motors Company is founded
in Flint, Michigan]

   
[1914 - Allen Funt, producer, TV & radio host, born in New York City]
          
[1927 - Peter Michael Falk, Emmy Award-winning actor, born in New York City]

   
[1927 - Jack Kelly, actor, born in Astoria, Queens, New York]

   
[1960 - Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg announces his retirement from college football at age 98]

Matters of Size

My spam e-mail, be it May or September,
Is filled with ads to enlarge my member.
Thanks for your interest in my organs sexual.
I see from the picture you're an intellectual.

William's Whimsical Words:

Even if size really does matter; this is not a topic for idle chatter.

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