Tuesday
Mar. 11, 1997
The Cat
Today's Reading: "The Cat" by William Matthews from SELECTED POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS, published by Houghton Mifflin (1992).
It was on this day in 1811 that Ned Ludd led a group of workers in a wild protest against mechanization. The term "luddite" came to mean a person who opposes automation.
Today is the anniversary of the Blizzard of 1888, a storm that hit the northeastern states, killing over 400 people, many from exposure.
Bandleader Lawrence Welk was born on this day in Strasburg, North Dakota, in 1903.
British author Douglas Adams (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) was born in Cambridge, England, 1952.
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