Poor William's Almanack, November 17, 2010,

Franklin bifocals Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Suez Canal traffic
[1869 - The Suez Canal opens to shipping]

[1878 - Grace Abbott, social worker, born
in Grand Island, Nebraska]

[1901 - Lee Strasberg (Israel Strassberg), director, acting teacher, born
in Budzanow, Austro-Hungary (now Budaniv, Ukraine]

[1905 - Mischa Auer (Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky),
actor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia]

[1925 - Rock Hudson (Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.), actor,
born in Winnetka, Illinois]

[1930 - Bob Mathias, Olympic & National Track
Hall of Fame athlete, born in Tulare, California]

[1937 - Peter Cook, actor, writer, comedian, born in Torquay, Devon, England]

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