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 Sunday, July 15, 2012 
     [1606 - Rembrandt van Rijn, master painter, born in Leiden, The Netherlands]
 
 
 [1779 - Clement Clarke Moore, poet,
 author, born in New York City]
 
 
 [1867 - Maggie Lena Walker, businesswoman,
 bank founder, born in Richmond, Virginia]
 
 
   [1905 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist, born in Allenhurst, New Jersey]
 
 
     [1910 - Ken Lynch, actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio]
 
 
  [1912 - Jim Thorpe wins decathlon at
 Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden]
 
 
   [1927 - Nan Martin, actress, born in Decatur, Illinois]
 
 
[1958 - 1,800 US Marines land at Beirut, Lebanon, as peacekeepers]
 
 
 
 Minimalist: 
 
Art of suggesting much by absence.
 
 
 
 William's Whimsical Words: 
 
  Jack Benny pregnant pause  
   
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