Monday, October 25, 2010

[1800 - Thomas Babington Macaulay, poet,
historian, born in Leicestershire, England]

[1812 - Frigate USS United States captures HMS Macedonian]

   
[1825 - Johann Strauss, Jr., composer, born in St. Ulrich near Vienna, Austria]

[1838 - Georges Bizet, composer, born in Paris]

[1854 - Lord Cardigan leads charge of the Light Brigade {Battle of Balaclava}]

   
[1881 - Pablo Picasso, artist, born in Malaga, Spain]

   
[1886 - Leo G. Carroll, actor, born in Weedon, Buckinghamshire, UK]

      
[1888 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, polar explorer, born in Winchester, Virginia]

   
[1912 - Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon), Country Music Hall of Fame
comedienne, born in Centerville, Tennessee]

   
[1928 - Tony Franciosa (Anthony George Papaleo), actor, born in New York City]

[1962 - John Steinbeck wins Nobel Prize in literature]

The Aging Process

Past baggage falls off.
Far horizon draws closer.
Now burns so brightly.

William's Whimsical Words:

You will get there presently.

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