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Friday, April 4, 2008
[1821 - Linus Yale, Jr., engineer, locksmith, inventor, born in Salisbury, New York]
[1873 - Carrie S. Burnham argues for her right to vote in Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]
(She lost)
[1915 - Muddy Waters, blues singer, guitarist, born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi]
[1922 - Elmer Bernstein, Academy Award-winning composer, born in New York City]
[1924 - Gil Hodges, Brooklyn Dodger first baseman, born in Princeton, Indiana]
[1932 - Anthony Perkins, actor, born in New York City]
[1938 - Angelo (Bartlett) Giamatti, president Yale University, baseball commissioner, born in Boston, Massachusetts]
[1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) established]
[1968 - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., fatally shot in Memphis, Tennessee]
Be Content
It can be difficult to come to terms with the realization that you aren't a Mozart, and that it is good enough to just try to be a Salieri.
William's Whimsical Words:
And if you aren't a Salieri either, it is still OK.
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