Tuesday, June 26, 2012

[1870 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk opens to the public]

[1891 - Sidney Coe Howard, playwright,
screenwriter born in Oakland, California]

          
[1892 - Pearl S. Buck, Nobel & Pulitzer Prize-winning author, born in Hillsboro, West Virginia]

[1893 - Big Bill Broonzy, blues singer, guitarist,
born in Scott County, Mississippi]

   
[1904 - Peter Lorre (Laszlo Lowenstein), actor, born in Rozsahegy, Hungary]

[1906 - French Grand Prix, first such race anywhere, is staged at Le Mans]

       
[1914 - Babe (Mildred) Didrikson Zaharias, Olympic Hall of Fame athlete, champion golf pro, born in Port Arthur, Texas]

   
[1916 - Alex Dreier, reporter, newscaster, actor, born in Honolulu, Hawaii]

[1918 - US Marine brigade captures the Belleau Wood for the Allies]

[1945 - Fifty nations come to San Francisco for the signing of The United Nations Charter]

Right to Vote

You are Right to Vote.
Not because it is Duty.
It's a Covenant.

William's Whimsical Words:

One that must be regularly refreshed.

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