Wednesday, May 25, 2011

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

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

          
[1878 - (Luther) Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer, actor, born in Richmond, Virginia]

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

[1889 - Igor I. Sikorsky, aviation engineer, creator of first successful helicopter, born in Kiev, Ukraine]

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

   
[1897 - Gene (James Joseph) Tunney, World Heavyweight Champion, born in New York City]

   
[1898 - Bennett Cerf, editor, publisher, humorist, born in Manhattan]

      
[1918 - Claude Marion 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 Miriam Silverman), opera soprano, born in Brooklyn]

[1935 - Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world
records in one hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan]

On Being Centered

Sometimes William feels so centered he is unable to move.

William's Whimsical Words:

Didn't Copernicus put an end to this notion?

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