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Thursday, 15-May-2008 14:18:04 EDTPaths of the Wise
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Paths of the Not-So-Wise
- The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
- Chamfort
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- Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.
- Bad analogies on high school papers
Milestones
1856 Author L. Frank Baum ("The Wizard of Oz") 1859 French chemist Pierre Curie 1918 Country singer Eddy Arnold 1936 Actress Anna Maria Alberghetti 1937 Singer Trini Lopez 1965 Mark McElwee celebrates his birthday 1976 Mark Bollman takes the obligation. 1976 Stephen Donohue takes the obligation. 1976 Thomas Conroy joins our Order. 1978 Brian Mann celebrates his birthday 1983 Mike Hodnicki qualifies to be a tert. On this date in History
1918 The first regular Air Mail service was established from Washington, D.C., to New York City. 1972 Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot and crippled at a presidential campaign rally in Laurel, Md. 1991 Edith Cresson, a Socialist and former trade minister, became the first woman prime minister of France. On this date in Music
1501 Ottaviano Petrucci of Venice founded the first modern-style music publishing house... by producing the first book of music made from movable type. 1858 Alexander Borodin won his doctorate in chemistry. His dissertation was "On the Analogy of Arsenic with Phosphoric Acid." 1920 Igor Stravinsky, famous, successful and acclaimed for "Firebird" and "Rite of Spring", left that composing style behind on this day, when "Pulcinella" premiered in Paris. Based on melodies by Baroque composers, "Pulcinella" had sharp lines and witty orchestration.
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