Monday, April 13, 2009

  

[1743 - Thomas Jefferson, founding father, born in Albemarle County, Virginia]

  
[1852 - F. W. (Frank Winfield) Woolworth, merchant, born in Rodman, New York]

[1892 - Sir Robert A. Watson-Watt, physicist, born in Brechin, Angus, Scotland]

[1906 - Samuel Beckett, playwright, born in Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland]

[1907 - Harold E. Stassen, politician, Minnesota
Governor, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota]

  
[1919 - Howard Keel (Harry Clifford Leek), actor, singer, born in Gillespie, Illinois]

   
[1919 - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, atheist, activist, born in Beechview, Pennsylvania]

[1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art is formed in New York City]

Jimi Hendrix

He lived his life so fast that you had to be looking at just the right part of the night sky to see the brilliant flash of light that lasted for only an instant.

William's Whimsical Words:

Another candle in the wind.

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