Poor William's Almanack, October 14, 2009,

Franklin bifocals Wednesday, October 14, 2009

[1644 - William Penn, reformer, Pennsylvania founder, born in London]

President Dwight Eisenhower
General Dwight Eisenhower with paratroopers 1944
[1890 - Dwight David Eisenhower, 5-star general: Supreme Commander Allied Forces
World War II; 34th U.S. President, born in Denison, Texas]

Actress Lillian Gish
[1893 - Lillian Gish (de Guiche), actress, born in Springfield, Ohio]

[1894 - e e cummings (Edward Estlin Cummings), poet, playwright, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts]

Chuck Yeager with the X-1 Plane
[1947 - Captain Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in X-1]

[1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded Nobel Peace Prize]

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