Friday, October 11, 2013
[80 C.E. - The Roman Colosseum is completed]
[1844 - Henry J.(John) Heinz, condiments magnate, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1884 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt born in New York City]
[1887 - Willie (William Frederick) Hoppe, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer, born in Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York]
[1906 - Charles Haskell Revson, cosmetics mogul, born in Montreal, Quebec]
[1910 - Joseph W. Alsop, V.,
newspaper journalist, columnist,
born in Avon, Connecticut]
[1918 - Jerome Robbins (Rabinowitz), Tony-winning choreographer, Academy Award-winning
director, born in New York City]
[1919 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer, bandleader, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts
with George Carlin as guest host]
This planet is peopled with too many folks who are seldom right but who are never wrong, and are committed to telling you about it.
William's Whimsical Words:
And most of them are talking loud enough to drown out their neighbors.
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