Monday, May 10, 2010
[1869 - Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways meet on Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, and
drive in a Golden Spike symbolizing the first US 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]
[1909 - Mother Maybelle Carter (Addington), singer,
musician, born near Nickelsville, Virginia]
[1914 - Charles McGraw (Butters), actor,
born in Des Moines, Iowa]
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.