Poor William's Almanack, December 27, 2013, Transitory State

Franklin bifocals Friday, December 27, 2013

[1571 - Johannes Kepler, scientist, writer, born in Weil der Stadt (now Stuttgart Region), Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany]

Chemist Louis Pasteur

Chemist Louis Pasteur

[1822 - Louis Pasteur, chemist, scientist, born in Dole, Jura region, France]

Brig HMS Beagle
[1831 - HMS Beagle departs England with Charles Darwin embarked]

Actor Sydney Greenstreet

Actor Sydney Greenstreet

[1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor, born in Sandwich, England]

[1901 - Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdelene von Losch), actress, singer, born in Berlin-Schoneberg, Germany]

Musician & Wit Oscar Levant

Actor & Wit Oscar Levant

[1906 - Oscar Levant, musician, comedian, actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1915 - William H. Masters, physician, sex researcher, born in Cleveland, Ohio]

Show Boat 1927 Ad Show Boat 1927 Stars
Show Boat 1927 Cast Show Boat the 1951 Movie
[1927 - Show Boat opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan]

Radio City Music Hall Stage

[1932 - The Radio City Music Hall (home of the Rockettes) is opened to the public]

Transitory State

Betwixt birth and death
Life, a transitory state,
Nothing special.

William's Whimsical Words:

Not to worry; it will be over soon enough

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