SIX EVENTS: 6:00 - Goodwin Library, Farmington - Adult Poets and Writers Group (755-2944 ext 2) 795-5944, Click here)   BIRTHDAYS: Baldassare Castiglione 1478-1529 Italian humanist, diplomat and courtier Click here Click here Click here (1608) Click here Click here Gabriel Duvall, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Click here - 1844) Click here Richard Harris Barham (1788) Click here Click here Susannah Click here  (1803 – Click here/1885) English-Canadian pioneer, writer  Click here Click here Frédéric Bazille, French painter Click here - 1870) Click here  Albert de Vriendt, Click here - Flemish historical painter/etcher Click here Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature Click here – 1931 Click here Evelyn Underhill (Click here - 1941) Brit mystic poet Click here Click here William Stanley Braithwaite (1878-1962) Boston-born editor, poet, and critic   Click here Kahil Gibran  1883-1931 U.S. and Lebanon  Writer   Click here  [Alfred] Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) poet  Click here Sir F Osbert S Sitwell (1892-1969) London poet writer(Out of the Flame Click here Click here Sylvia Townsend Click here  (1893 – Click here/1978)  English writer Click here  Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) Broadway lyricist   Click here Click here Click here   from Nice Work if You Can Get It     Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Strolling with the one girl Sighing sigh after sigh Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Just imagine someone Waiting at the cottage door Where two hearts become one Who could ask for anything more? Loving one who loves you And then taking that vow It's nice work if you can get it And if you get it, won't you tell me how?"   Just imagine someone Waiting at the cottage door Where two hearts become one Who could ask for anything more? Loving one who loves you And then taking that vow Nice work if you can get it And if you get it, won't you tell me how?"   Alfred Eisenstaedt  (1898 – 08/23/1995)  German/American  photographer   Click here Eve Denise Curie, Click here - French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie Click here Click here  (12/06/1920 – )  US composer, musician Click here William P. McGivern 1922-1982   American novelist, screenplay writer Click here Dr. Jeanne L. Noble 1926 African-American educator. Click here David Ossman  (1936 – )   US writer, comic, actor Click here Peter Handke (1942), German avant-garde novelist Click here Click here Click here Linda Creed, American songwriter 1949 - 1986) Click here Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist 1949 - 2007) Click here Nick Park, Click here - British filmmaker and animator Click here     PASSED Click here  (Click here/1601 –1658)  Spanish philosopher Click here Nicholas Rowe (1718) Eng. Playwrite Click here Click here Click here Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter 1699- Click here  Click here Anthony Trollope  (04/24/1815 –1882)  English writer Click here William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist 1789-Click here Click here Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), Click here Click here Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist  1863- Click here Click here Claude [Oscar] Monet, French painter (impressionist), Click here Click here Lead belly  (01/29/1889 –1949) Huddie Ledbetter  US singer Click here                                                 The Rock Island Line   Cat's in the cupboard and she can't find me Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty fine line Oh the Rock Island Line is the road to ride If you want to ride, you gotta ride it like you're flyin' Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong Lawd you gonna miss me when I'm gone Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty fine line Oh the Rock Island Line is the road to ride If you want to ride, you gotta ride it like you're flyin' Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line Jesus died to save our sins Glory to God I'm gonna see Him again Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty fine line Oh the Rock Island Line is the road to ride If you want to ride, you gotta ride it like you're flyin' Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line Moses stood on the Red Sea shore Smothin' the water with a two-by-four Oh the Rock Island Line is a mighty fine line Oh the Rock Island Line is the road to ride If you want to ride, you gotta ride it like you're flyin' Get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island Line                                                     Traditional song Arranged by Leadbelly Harold Ross  (11/06/1892 –1951)   US writer, "New Yorker" founder Click here James "Scotty" Barrett Reston  (11/03/1909 –/1995)  Scottish journalist Click here   SITES:   Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here   Click here Click here     HISTORY:   Click here - Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) Click here   Click here - Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in US, lifted Click here           BONUS POEM: Hawk Chant of the Saginaws (Ojibwa)Click here The hawks turn their heads nimbly round; They turn to look back on their flight. The spirits of sun-place have whispered them words, They fly with their messages swift, They look as they fearfully go, They look to the farthermost end of the world, Their eyes glancing bright, and their beaks boding harm.                                                   Click here