Poor William's Almanack, May 7, 2008, Airport Announcement

franklin-bifocals-60 Wednesday, May 7, 2008

[1812 - Robert Browning, poet, born in Camberwell, near London]

[1833 - Johannes Brahms, composer, born in Hamburg, Germany]

Composer Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky

[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]

[1922 - Darren McGavin (William Lyle Richardson), actor, born in Spokane, Washington]

[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

Chris Rock

"Will Chris Rock pick up a White Courtesy telephone, please?"

phone receiver bounce Chris Rock as Head of State

William's Whimsical Words:

Fortunately, he has yet to take that call.

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