Poor William's Almanack, May 10, 2011, Conviction

franklin-bifocals-60 Tuesday, May 10, 2011

[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]

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 (SSN-586) 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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