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Thursday, July 21, 2016
[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)]
[1943 - Edward Kirk Herrmann, Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Washington, DC]
[1951 - Robin Williams, Academy Award-winning actor, commedian, born in Chicago]
[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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