Poor William's Almanack, May 10, 2009, Conviction

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Golden Spike Ceremony
[1869 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways meet on Promontory Summit, Utah Territory,
drive in Golden Spike symbolizing first transcontinental railroad]

[1899 - Dimitri (Zinovievich) Tiomkin, composer, conductor,
born in Kremenchug, Ukraine]

[1899 - Fred Astaire (Austerlitz), dancer,
actor, born in Omaha, Nebraska,]

[1902 - David O. (Oliver) Selznick, producer,
born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1914 - Charles McGraw, actor,
born in Des Moines, Iowa]

Actress Margo
[1917 - Margo (Maria Marguerita Guadelupe
Boldao y Castilla), actress, born in Mexico City]

[1940 - Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain]

[1960 - USS Triton completes her underwater circumnavigation of the globe in 84 days]

Conviction

Do it my way - I know I'm right

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.

William's Whimsical Words:

Or heresy.

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