Thursday, May 10, 2007
[1869 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways met on Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, drive in Golden Spike symbolizing first transcontinental railroad]
[1899 - Fred Astaire (Austerlitz), dancer, actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska,]
[1902 - David O. (Oliver) Selznick, producer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
[1940 - Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain]
[1960 - USS Triton completes her underwater circumnavigation of the globe in 84 days]
Conviction
Conviction is a great gift, when it lies in the hand of someone you happen to agree with. Otherwise, it is just plain bull-headedness.