~ gRo0vY ~ 3 years for Thomas the addict, 5 years for Mr Caddie (where are your favorite replays?), a serving of Humble Pie from BC & a nod from 0TE ~ Gr0oVy ~
April 26
121 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius ~ Emperor of Rome
570 - Muhammed <> Founder of Islam ( he was totally bummed when he found out his 52 virgins were all 12 year old boys)
1573 - Marie de Medici ~ Queen of France
1648 - Pedro II ~ King of Portugal
1662 - Maria Luisa of Orleans ~ queen consort of Spain
1785 - John Audubon ~ Bird watcher
1812 - Alfred Krupp ~ German arms merchant
1822 - Fredrick Olmsted ~ Designer of Central Park
1894 - Rudolf Hess () NAZI
~ oh, bye the bye ~
in 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
in 1865, John Wilkes Booth was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Va. and dispatched with a beautiful shot, a steamin' hot ball with extreme discomfort...RIH
in 1913, 13 year old factory worker, Mary Phagan, was strangled to death by Leo Frank, the factory superintendent. He was sentenced to death, which was the commuted, but received justice from a lynching by an angry anti-Semitic mob in 1915. You play, You pay.
~PIE~