30Jul09

Artist---"Now, here's a picture---one of my best, too--I've just finished. When I started out I had no idea what it was going to be."
Friend---"After you got through, how did you find out what it was?"

1900, Umberto the 1st, King of Italy, is killed by anarchist Bresci. Victor-Emmanuel III, his son, replaces him.

1923, Master jazz clarinettist Sidney Bechet makes his first recording, "Wild Cat Blues, for Okeh in New York City.

1928, The Dodge Bros. merge with Chrysler Corp. in a $160 million deal. That month, the Plymouth model appears. The De Soto follows in August.



Quote for the day:
Some men are known by their deeds, others by their mortgages.