Sunday, May 25, 2008

[1787 - Delegates convene at Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention]

[1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher, poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts]

[1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer, born in Richmond, Virginia]

[1886 - Philip Murray, labor leader, founder CIO, born in Blantyre, Scotland]

[1889 - Igor Sikorsky, engineer of first helicopter, born in Kiev, Ukraine]

[1895 - Dorothea Lange, photographer and photojournalist, born in Hoboken, New Jersey]

[1918 - Claude Akins, actor, born in Nelson, Georgia]

[1919 - Lindsey Nelson, sportscaster, born in Campbellsville, Tennessee]

[1926 - Miles (Dewey) Davis III, jazz musician, born in Alton, Illinois]

[1929 - Beverly Sills (Belle Silverman), opera soprano, born in Brooklyn]

[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records in one hour]

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma is a hoot.
Music, lyrics, and book to boot.
In "Farmer and Cowman" Aunt Eller sings
What America's message to others should:
"I don't say I'm no better than anybody else,"
"But I'll be damned if I ain't just as good."

William's Whimsical Words:

Sing along with me: "Now, the Christian and the Muslim must be friends."

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