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Ben Franklin's bifocals Friday, August 7, 2009

Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene    General Nathanael Greene's statue
[1742 - Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War hero, born in Potowomut, Rhode Island]

Exotic Dancer & Spy Mata Hari    Famous Spy Mata Hari
[1876 - Mata Hari (Gertrud Margarete Zelle), exotic dancer, double agent spy,
born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands]

Comedienne Billie Burke
[1885 - Billie (Mary William Appleton) Burke,
comedienne, actress, born in Washington, DC]

Renaissance Man Ralph Bunche
[1904 - Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize-winner,
born in Detroit, Michigan]

Songwriter Felice Bryant
[1925 - Felice Bryant (Matilda Genevieve Scaduto),
songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]

US Marines - Guadalcanal landing
[1942 - Marines land on Guadalcanal; first U.S. land offensive of World War II]

USS Maddox & USS Turner Joy in first of two reported engagements with NVN torpedo boats
[1964 - Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed by US Congress (Good Morning, Vietnam)]


A Toast

May your days be filled with modest victories leavened with a scattering of small defeats.


William's Whimsical Words:

and may you come to disregard them all.

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