Friday, November 10, 2006
[1483 - Martin Luther, religious leader, Protestantism founder, born in Eisleben, Germany]
[1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, novelist, playwright, born in Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland]
[1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines - Happy Birthday, USMC]
[1925 - Richard Burton (Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.), actor, born in Pontrhydyfen near Port Talbot, Wales, UK]
An artist knows that he has attained some measure of success when he hears someone speaking about his work as if they know more about it than he does.