Monday, November 5, 2007

[1605 - Gunpowder Plot; Guy Fawkes tries to blow up the English Parliament]
(Remember, remember, the 5th of November)

[1855 - Eugene V. Debs, labor organizer, born in Terre Haute, Indiana]

[1885 - Will (William J.) Durant, writer, historian, born in North Adams, Massachusetts]

[1911 - Roy Rogers, singing cowboy, born in Cincinnati, Ohio]

[1913 - Vivien Leigh (Vivian Hartley), actress, born in Darjeeling, India]

[1930 - Sinclair Lewis wins Nobel Prize for Literature]
(First American to win the prize)

Spontaneous Dissension

Half of the fun in life comes from breaking the rules; the other half results from assiduously following them.

William's Whimsical Words:

Wisdom is found in discerning which is which.

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