Saturday, January 5, 2008 

[1779 - Stephen Decatur, U.S. naval officer, born in Sinepuxent, Maryland]

[1794 - Edmund Ruffin, agronomist, born in Prince George County, Virginia]

[1863 - Konstantin Stanislavsky, actor, director, born in Moscow]

[[1917 - Jane Wyman (Sarah Fulks), Academy Award-winning actress, born in St. Joseph, Missouri]

[1923 - Sam (Cornelius) Phillips, record executive, born in Florence, Alabama]

[1931 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer, founder American Dance Theater, born in Rogers, Texas]
 Bend in the Road 
I came to a bend in the road
	Where it doubled back on itself
		and paused to consider