Wednesday, May 18, 2005

[1798 - Benjamin Stoddert appointed first Secretary of the Navy]

[1897 - Frank Capra, Academy Award-winning director, born in Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy]

[1919 - Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancer, born in Reigate, Surrey, England]

[1922 - Kai Winding, jazz musician, (trombone), born in Aarhus, Denmark]

[1942 - New York City suspends night baseball games until end of WW II]

[1955 - Mary McLeod Bethune, educator, political leader, dies in Daytona Beach, Florida]

Sweet Dreams

A humble woman may yet have divers great dreams.
A woman who holds herself too high, a nightmare lives it seems.

William's Whimsical Words:

Choose your dreams with care.

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