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Ben Franklin's bifocals Monday, June 10, 2013

Academy Award-winning Actress Hattie McDaniel
[1895 - Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Wichita, Kansas]

US Marines raise flag at Guantanamo Bay
[1898 - US Marines land and capture Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]

Clyde Beatty    Circus Star Clyde Beatty
[1903 - Clyde Beatty, lion tamer, animal trainer, circus impresario, born in Bainbridge, Ohio]

Frederick Loewe    Composer Frederick Loewe    Composer Frederick Loewe riding in a parade
[1901 - Frederick Loewe, Oscar-winning composer, born in Vienna, Austria]

Actor Bob Cummings    Actor Bob Cummings
[1908 - Robert Cummings, Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Joplin, Missouri]

Howlin Wolf in Ann Arbor    Wolf Howlin' the blues    Howlin Wolf at your door
[1910 - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), blues musician, born in White Station, Mississippi]

Playwright Terence Rattigan    Sir Terence Rattigan aith one of his Rolls Royce
[1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright, born in London]

Saul Bellow laughing    Writer Saul Bellow receiving Nobel Prize
[1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate writer, born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada]

Actress Judy Garland in Wizard of Oz    Actress Judy Garland    Actress Judy Garland    Singer Judy Garland
[1922 - Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], actress, singer, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota]

Actor Lionel Jeffries    Director Lionel Jeffries
[1926 - Lionel Jeffries, actor, director, screenwriter, born in London]

Illustrator Maurice Sendak    Writer Maurice Sendak
[1928 - Maurice Sendak, author, illustrator, born in Brooklyn]

Alcoholics Anonymous founders Smith and Wilson
[1935 - Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson found Alcoholics Anonymous]


Self-discipline

Disciplining the body is straightforward, but difficult;
Disciplining the mind is considerably harder, but doable,
Disciplining the heart is, fortunately, impossible.

Bottle-nose Dolphins


William's Whimsical Words:

Too much discipline is as bad as too little.

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