Wednesday, July 21, 2010

[1861 - First Battle of Bull Run is fought outside of Manassas, Virginia]

   
[1899 - Ernest Miller Hemingway, Pulitzer & Nobel Prize-winning writer, born in Oak Park, Illinois]

[1911 - (Herbert) Marshall McLuhan, professor, writer, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada]

[1920 - Isaac Stern, concert violinist, born in
Kreminiecz, Ukraine (then Russia)]

   
[1924 - Don (Jesse Donald) Knotts, comedian, Emmy Award-winning actor, born
in Morgantown, West Virginia]

[1926 - Paul Burke, actor, born in
New Orleans, Louisiana]

[1930 - Veterans Administration (VA) is established
(now Department of Veterans Affairs)]

[1970 - The Aswan High Dam across the Nile River in Egypt is completed]

Agnostic Bumper-sticker

Know God - No Surcease
Know Jesus - Know a Piece

William's Whimsical Words:

No one knows it all, although some know-it-alls claim to.

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