Monday
Oct. 9, 1995
Fyrst Forth Gewat
Today's reading: "Fyrst Forth Gewat" by Richard Wilbur from THE WHALE, published by Boa Editions.
Today is the Jewish autumn festival Sukkoth.
Columbus Day observed today.
Today is Leif Erickson Day in honor of the Norse explorer.
Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius was born in 1562.
Pharmacist Charles Walgreen who started the drug store lunch counter was born in 1873.
Birthday of Pentecostal evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson who was first to use radio to reach a large audience. Born in 1890.
John Winston Lennon born in Liverpool on this day in 1940.
Eugene O'Neill's play "The Iceman Cometh" opened in New York on this day in 1946.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®