Tuesday, December 22, 2009

[1775 - Congress commissions first naval officers,
including Lieutenant John Paul Jones]

[1858 - Giacomo Puccini, opera composer,
born in Lucca, Italy]

  
[1862 - Connie (Cornelius Alexander) Mack (McGillicudy), Baseball Hall of Fame catcher,
manager, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts]

[1869 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, Pulitzer prize-
winning poet, born in Head Tide, Alna, Maine]

[1907 - Dame Peggy (Edith Margaret Emily) Ashcroft,
Academy Award-winning actress, born in Croydon, England]

[1949 - Maurice Gibb, singer, songwriter, born in Douglas, Isle of Man]

Birthday Wishes

Birthdays pleasant times should be.
I can not recall a sad one,
When You are My age, you see,
It's nice just to have had one.

William's Whimsical Words:

Growing older is better than the alternative.

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