Monday, February 27, 2012
[1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet, born in Portland, Maine]
[1886 - Hugo (Lafayette) Black, Senator, Supreme Court Associate Justice, born in Harlan,
Clay County, Alabama]
[1891 - David Sarnoff, Radio Hall of Famer, founder NBC, born near Minsk, Russia]
[1897 - Marian Anderson, diva, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[1902 - Gene Sarazen (Eugenio Saraceni), World Golf Hall of Famer, born in Harrison, New York]
[1902 - John (Ernst) Steinbeck, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, born in Salinas, California]
[1904 - James T. Farrell, author, born in Chicago]
[1905 - (Stanislas Pascal) Franchot Tone, actor, born in Niagara Falls,
New York]
[1910 - Joan (Geraldine) Bennett, actress, born in Palisades Park, New Jersey]
[1913 - Irwin Shaw (Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff), writer,
born in the Bronx]
[1932 - Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, Academy Award-winning actress, born in London]
[1942 - Battle of the Java Sea, Allied Naval Force attacks Japanese invasion convoy and suffers heavy losses]
You have no reason to be disappointed in your children as they were never obligated to fulfill any of your expectations of them.
William's Whimsical Words:
Neither should you seek to realize your frustrated dreams through the lives of your offspring.
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