Poor William's Almanack, November 6, 2007, On Strike

Franklin bifocals Tuesday, November 6, 2007

[1854 - John Philip Sousa, composer, born in Washington, DC]

President Abraham Lincoln - Brady portrait 16th President Abraham Lincoln
[1860 - Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th President]

Father of Basketball & Coach James A. Naismith

[1861 - James A. Naismith, sports innovator, born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada]

Bolsheviks in front of Winter Palace
[1917 - Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace]

[1921 - James (Ramon) Jones, novelist, born in Robinson, Illinois]

Eniwetok H-bomb test
[1952 - USA explodes first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll]

On Strike

William respectfully declines to publish new material in the Almanack in solidarity with his brothers and sisters in the Writers Guild of America.

Guild President and others picket during Writers strike

William's Whimsical Words:

On Strike, or was he just lazy?

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