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It's really Sol's day . . . Summertime 90's and strong Southerlies are Okieland features today . . .

and the epitome of of flotsam and jetsam yang and yin characterized the mailbox this morning . . .

It was on this day in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., just five days after the surrender of the Civil War's Confederate leader, General Lee.

Tonight in 1912 the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg on its way from Southampton, England, to New York City, on its maiden voyage and carrying more than 2,000 people.

The stellar British and American film and stage actor Julie Christie turns 84 today. She was born on this day in 1940 Assam, India.

Also born on this date was John Gielgud, another extraordinary British stage and film actor and director. He was born in 1904, London, England.

You really ought to meet Elizabeth Warren, an Okie by birth and childhood.

A week away from Earth Day... and the earth has started the observation early: Death Valley is in the midst of a “superbloom.”

These are the days …

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures. – Vincent van Gogh

Next time, fail better. – Samuel Beckett