Friday, October 10, 2008

[1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, opera composer, born in Le Roncole in Duchy of Parma, Italy]

[1845 - Naval School, later U.S. Naval Academy, opens in Annapolis, Maryland]

[1900 - Helen Hayes (Brown), First Lady of the American Theater, born in Washington, DC]

[1908 - Johnny Green, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor born in New York City]

 
[1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter, singer, Songwriter, born in Kirbyville, Texas]

 
[1917 - Thelonious (Sphere) Monk, composer, jazz musician, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina]

[1926 - Richard (Hanley) Jaeckel,
actor, born in Long Island]

[1944 - Eight hundred Gypsy children are gassed to death by Nazis at Auschwitz]

The Messenger

He who brings me news that's bad,
May see me scowl or look so sad.
Yet, the one I truly fear,
Is he who says what I would hear.

William's Whimsical Words:

Some leaders surround themselves with sycophants.

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