The vortex of December 15.....or, how many significant events can happen on any one particular day?
Today....
In 1791, The Bill of Rights took effect after being ratified by the state of Virginia
In 1890 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull was killed in Grand River, South Dakota.
In 1938 the ground was broken for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In 1939 the movie "Gone With the Wind" premiered in Atlanta, following a song performed by a 6-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr with his church choir(don't believe me?)
In 1944 swing bandleader Glenn Miller was killed when his military plane disappeared into the fog over the English Channel.
In 1961 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court.
In 1966 Walt Disney died at age 65.
And in a final burst of humor from the same chuckling karma that put MLK, Jr. onstage at the segregated premiere of Gone With the Wind:
In 2003 the late Sen. Strom Thurmond's family finally acknowledged Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim that she was Thurmond's illegitimate bi-racial daughter.
I know there's a pattern and a balance in there somewhere.
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Ahh .. the irony and karma of life, right?? Amazing how many things can happen on one day. I wonder how many lonely days there are out there where very little has happened on them.
ReplyDeleteDecember 15, 1980, I married my first husband, 3 weeks after our first date. Five weeks later, the "marriage" crashed and burned.
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