Saturday, December 28, 2013

   
[1732 - Benjamin Franklin runs an ad in his Gazette for the first issue of Poor Richard's Almanack]

   
[1856 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President, born in Staunton, Virginia]

          
[1905 - Earl Kenneth 'Fatha' Hines, bandleader, musician, born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania]

   
[1905 - Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver), comedian, actor, born in Toledo, Ohio]

      
[1908 - Lew (Lewis Frederick) Ayres (III), actor, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]

[1911 - Sam Levenson, humorist, born in Brooklyn]

      
[1913 - Louis Harold 'Lou' Jacobi (Jacobovitch), actor, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada]

      
[1921 - Johnny Otis (Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes), composer, songwriter, musician, born in Vallejo, California]

          

[1929 - Terry (Terrance Gordon) Sawchuk, Hockey
Hall of Fame goalie, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]

[1958 - NFL championship: Johnny Unitas & Baltimore Colts edge New York Giants, 23-17]

“...Many pleasant and witty verses, jests and sayings ..."

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