Tuesday, October 10, 2006
[1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, opera composer, born in Le Roncole in the Duchy of Parma, Italy]
[1845 - Naval School, later the U.S. Naval Academy, opens in Annapolis, Maryland]
[1900 - Helen Hayes, First Lady of the American Theater, born in Washington, DC]
[1917 - Thelonious (Sphere) Monk, composer, jazz musician, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina]
[1944 - Eight hundred Gypsy children are gassed to death by Nazis at Auschwitz]
The Messenger
He who brings me news that's bad,
May see me scowl or look so sad.
Yet, the one I truly fear,
Is he who says what I would hear.
William's Whimsical Words:
Some leaders surround themselves with sycophants.
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