Monday, October 26, 2009
[1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer, harpsichordist, born in Naples Italy]
[1825 - Erie Canal opens]
[1854 - C.W. (Charles William) Post, cereal mogul, born in Springfield, Illinois]
[1876 - H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner, actor, born in London]
[1881 - Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Clantons have a "Shootout at the OK Corral"]
[1894 - John S. (Shively) Knight, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, publisher, born in Bluefield, West Virginia]
[1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana]
[1914 - Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan, Jr.), actor, born in Los Angeles]
[1942 - USS Hornet (CV-8) is sunk in Battle of Santa Cruz Islands]
[1955 - The Village Voice is first published in NYC]
Special Sauce
New Yorker delicatessen rye humor.
William's Whimsical Words:
Not necessarily kosher.
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