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 Saturday, July 21, 2012 
 [1861 - The 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, fiddler, concert violinist, violin virtuoso, 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 SurceaseKnow Jesus - Know a Piece
 
 
 
 William's Whimsical Words: 
 
  No one knows it all, although some know-it-alls claim to.  
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