Tuesday, August 7, 2012
[1742 - Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War hero, Continental Army General, born in Potowomut, Rhode Island]
[1876 - Mata Hari (Gertrud Margarete Zelle), exotic dancer, double agent spy, born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands]
[1885 - Billie (Mary William Appleton) Burke, comedienne, actress, born in Washington, DC]
[1903 - Rudolf "Rudy" Ising, Academy Award-winning cartoonist, producer, director, born in Kansas City, Missouri]
[1904 - Ralph Bunche, diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize-winner, born in Detroit, Michigan]
[1925 - Felice Bryant (Matilda Genevieve Scaduto),
songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]
[1942 - US Marines land on Guadalcanal; marking the first U.S. land offensive of World War II]
[1964 - The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is passed by the U.S. Congress (Good Morning, Vietnam)]
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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