Jul. 5, 1997
Moose in the Morning, Northern Maine
Today's Reading:"Moose in the Morning, Northern Maine" by Mona Van Duyn from IF IT BE NOT I, published by Random House.
The 71st annual National Cherry Festival begins today in Traverse City, Michigan.
It was on this day in 1945 that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was defeated in the general election; his Tory party swept from power by the Labour Party under Clement Attlee.
It's the birthday of French novelist, playwright, artist, and actor Jean Cocteau, born in Maisons-Laffitte, France, in 1889.
Astronomer and archaeologist Andrew Ellicott Douglass, who established the principles of dendrochronology (the analysis of tree rings to date and interpret events of the past), was born on this day in Windsor, Vermont, in 1867.
It's the birthday of showman P.T. Barnum, born in Bethel, Connecticut, in 1810.
U.S. admiral David Farragut, remembered for his famous words "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" during the Civil War capture of Mobile Bay, was born on this day in Campbell's Station, Tennessee, 1801.
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