Poor William's Almanack, December 26, 2011, Gerald Ford

Franklin bifocals Monday, December 26, 2011 Kwanzaa Kinara

[1716 - Thomas Gray, poet, born in Cornhill, London]

[1785 - (Louis) Laurent (Marie) Clerc, teacher of the deaf, born in La Balme, France]

Admiral George Dewey Commodore George Dewey on the Bridge
[1837 - George Dewey, Spanish-American War USN Admiral, born in Montpelier, Vermont]

[1891 - Henry Valentine Miller, author, painter, born in Manhattan]

[1893 - Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong), revolutionary, founder People's Republic of China, born in Shaoshan, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, China]

[1914 - Richard Widmark, actor, born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota]

[1921 - Steve (Stephen Valentine Patrick William) Allen, comedian, musician, Tonight Show host, born in New York City]

[1927 - Alan King (Irwin Alan Kniberg), comedian, born in New York City]

[2006 - Gerald Ford, Former President, dies at age 93]

Gerald Ford

He was a stand-up guy when the nation needed one badly.

Gerald and Betty Ford at Medal of Freedom Ceremony

William's Whimsical Words:

And he made the tough moves to start the healing process, receiving no thanks at the time.

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