Thursday, December 27, 2012
[1571 - Johannes Kepler, scientist, writer, born in Weil der Stadt (now Stuttgart Region), Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany]
[1822 - Louis Pasteur, chemist, scientist, 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, sex researcher, born in Cleveland, Ohio]
[1927 - Show Boat opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre in Manhattan]
[1932 - The Radio City Music Hall (home of the Rockettes) 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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