To cancel half a line . . .
It's Freya's day . . . The mailbox is filled with history.
The longest-serving Independent in United States Congressional history, Bernie Sanders, was born 82 years ago on this day in 1941 Brooklyn, New York.
Today is the 126th anniversary of Jimmie Rodgers' birth. The singer-songwriter and guitarist known as “The Father of Country Music” was born on this day in 1897 Meridian, Mississippi.
The first episode of the series Star Trek aired on American television today in 1966.
Peter Sellers was born on this date in 1925. The British actor portrayed an astonishing range of characters. Sellers was born in Southsea, Portsmouth, England.
In 1941 German and Finnish armies began the siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, which lasted for 872 days.
German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl died on this date at age 101. She was among the finest and most-influential directors of the 20th century, but her association with Adolf Hitler made her as much reviled politically as admired for her artistic and technological achievements.
Queen Elizabeth II died a year ago today in 2022.
And in 1504 Michelangelo's the David was unveiled in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy.
The moving finger writes; and, having writ,
moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit
shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
nor all thy tears wash out a Word of it.