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Ben Franklin's bifocals Tuesday, October 1, 2013

William Boeing with mailsack    Aviation Pioneer William Boeing    Aviation Pioneer William Boeing
[1881 - William Edward Boeing, aviation pioneer, born in Detroit]

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz    Pianist Vladimir Horowitz
[1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, concert pianist, born in Kiev, Ukraine]

early 1900s world series
[1903 - The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in game 1 of the modern Baseball World Series]

Actor Richard Loo    Actor Richard Loo
[1903 - Richard Loo, actor, born in Maui, Hawaii]

Actor Everett Sloane    Actor Everett Sloane
[1909 - Everett Sloane, actor, born in Manhattan]

Actor Walter Matthau   Actor Walter Matthau
[1920 - Walter Matthau, Academy & Tony Award-winning actor, born in New York City]

Actor James Whitmore    Actor James Whitmore    Actor James Whitmore
[1921 - James Whitmore, actor, born in White Plains, New York]

Chief Justice William Rehnquist    Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist
[1924 - William Rehnquist, Supreme Court Chief Justice, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin]

Actor Laurence Harvey    Actor Laurence Harvey    Actor Laurence Harvey
[1928 - Laurence Harvey (Laruschka Mischa Skikne), actor, born in Joniskis, Lithuania]

Actor George Peppard    Actor George Peppard
[1928 - George Peppard, actor, born in Detroit, Michigan]

Actor Philippe Noiret    Actor Philippe Noiret
[1930 - Philippe Noiret, actor, born in Lille, Nord, France]

Iceman Albert Collins    Guitarist, Songwriter Albert Collins
[1932 - Albert Collins, Grammy-winning guitarist, songwriter, born in Leona, Texas]

Actor Richard Harris    Actor Richard Harris    Actor Richard Harris
[1933 - Richard Harris, actor, born in Limerick, Ireland]


Williams

He was not my friend, but I came to know him.
He said James Joyce was a great humorist; I thought him surely mad.
Then he began to read aloud passages he selected from Ulysses.
I cannot remember another time I laughed harder or longer.

James Joyce   Joyce's Ulysses

Some say Williams could be exquisitely cruel and abusive.
If this was so, it was because his crooked finger pointed straight at truth.
He did not suffer fools, nor did he take any prisoners.
It is said he taught himself Latin and was translating the works of the poet Ovid.
No one seems to know what became of him.

Ovid


William's Whimsical Words:

Williams (no relation to poorwilliam) was likely a casualty in the war on unconventional intellectuals, now in its forty-second millennium.

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