Monday, June 16, 2014
[1775 - U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers is established]
[1890 - Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson), actor, comedian, born in Ulverston, England]
[1899 - Helen Traubel, operatic dramatic soprano,
born in St. Louis, Missouri]
[1907 - Jack Albertson, Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Malden, Massachusetts]
[1917 - Katharine Graham, publisher The Washington Post, Pulitzer Prize writer, born in New York City]
[1910 - Leopold Bloom spends the day with James Joyce]
[1920 - John Howard Griffin, journalist, author, born in Dallas, Texas]
[1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
signs the Banking Act]
[1937 - Erich Wolf Segal, writer, teacher, born in Brooklyn]
[1970 - Brian Piccolo of Chicago Bears dies of cancer]
[1971 - Tupac Amaru Shakur, rapper, actor, born in East Harlem, New York City]
Q. What do polo players and members of Congress have in common?
A. They are each participants in rich-men's sports that are seen as increasingly irrelevant by the general public.
William's Whimsical Words:
Isn't it time we fixed this?
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