Tuesday, December 27, 2011

   
[1571 - Johannes Kepler, scientist, writer, born in Weil der Stadt (now Stuttgart Region),
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany]

   
[1822 - Louis Pasteur, chemist, born in Dole, Jura region, France]

   
[1831 - HMS Beagle departs England with Charles Darwin embarked]

[1879 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor, born in
Sandwich, England]

      
[1901 - Marlene Dietrich (Maria Magdelene von Losch), actress, singer, born in Berlin-Schoneberg, Germany]

[1906 - Oscar Levant, musician, comedian,
actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

   
[1915 - William H. Masters, physician, born in Cleveland, Ohio]

[1932 - Radio City Music Hall is opened to the public]

Transitory State

Betwixt birth and death
Life, a transitory state,
Nothing special.

William's Whimsical Words:

Not to worry; it will be over soon enough

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