Friday, February 19, 2010

[1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick),
astronomer, born in Thorun, Royal Prussia]

   
[1717 - David Garrick, Shakespearean actor, playwright, producer, born in Hereford, England]

[1743 - Luigi Boccherini, composer, cellist, born in Lucca, Italy]

[1847 - Rescuers from Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, reach the
Donner Party survivors]

   
[1893 - Sir Cedric (Webster) Hardwicke, actor, born in Lye, Worcestershire, England]

   
[1895 - Louis Calhern (Carl Henry Vogt), actor, born in Brooklyn]

[1902 - John Bubbles (John William Sublett),
dancer, actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky]

[1911 - Merle Oberon (Thompson), actress, born in
Bombay (now Mumbai), British India]

   
[1916 - Eddie (George) Arcaro, jockey (two Triple Crowns), born in Cincinnati, Ohio,]

   
[1917 - Carson McCullers, writer, born in Columbus, Georgia]

[1924 - Lee Marvin (Leo Marvin Steinman), Academy
Award-winning Actor, born in New York City]

[1930 - John Michael Frankenheimer, director, born in New York City]

[1942 - President Roosevelt signs Executive Order for Japanese American internment]

[1943 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, singer, born
in Baltimore, Maryland]

[1945 - U.S. Marines with naval support land on Iwo Jima]

Be A'Mused

Sometimes the Muse spends an hour with me, but mostly she prefers the company of another man, or woman.

William's Whimsical Words:

An hour with the Muse is like an eternity.

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