Monday, May 7, 2007
[1812 - Robert Browning, poet, born in Camberwell, near London]
[1833 - Johannes Brahms, composer, born in Hamburg, Germany]
[1840 - Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer, born in Russia]
[1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel prize-winning poet, born in Kolkata, India]
[1892 - Archibald MacLeish, poet, dramatist, Librarian of Congress, born in Glencoe, Illinois]
[1915 - Lusitania, British ocean liner, sunk by German submarine, drowning 1,198 civilians]
[1933 - Johnny Unitas, Pro Football Hall of Fame Quarterback, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1942 - Nazi decree orders all pregnant Jewish women of Kovno Ghetto executed]
[1945 - Germany surrenders unconditionally to Allies at Reims]
[1954 - French defeated at Dien Bien Phu, northwest Vietnam, by Ho Chi Minh]
Airport Announcement
"Will Chris Rock pick up a White Courtesy telephone, please?"
William's Whimsical Words:
Fortunately, he has yet to take that call.