Saturday, January 17, 2009
[1706 - Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1871 - Andrew Smith Hallidie patents first cable car (in San Francisco)]
[1884 - Mack Sennett (Mikall Sinnott), director silent films, born near Montreal, Quebec]
[1899 - Al (Alphonse Gabriel) Capone, gangster, born in Brooklyn]
[1926 - Moira Shearer, ballerina, actress,
born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland]
[1927 - Eartha Kitt, singer, born near Columbia, South Carolina]
[1929 - Jacques Plante, NHL Hall of Fame goalie, born in Mauricie, Quebec]
[1933 - Shari Lewis (Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz), ventriloquist,
puppeteer, born in New York City]
[1949 - First Volkswagen Beetle arrives in US from Germany]
[1949 - Andy (Andrew Geoffrey) Kaufman, actor, born in New York City]
[1955 - USS Nautilus (SSN-571) underway on nuclear power]
[1961 - President Eisenhower warns of "military-industrial complex" in his farewell address - we hear you now, Ike]
[1971 - Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13]
Good Call
What happens is not your call; what you do about it always is.
William's Whimsical Words:
So is what you don't do.
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