May 6, 1954 – Oxford University – Oxford, England: The day dawned with heavy rain and strong, gusty winds. It was not weather conducive to running and he thought about dropping out of the scheduled race that afternoon at the old Iffley Road Track on the Oxford...
1964 – Ackerman, Mississippi: “No daughter of mine is going to parade herself around on stage in front of a bunch of strangers in a beauty contest. I will not support you, not now, not ever!” bellowed her father in a voice that could be heard all over the house....
Tabitha was emptying the wastebasket when she found Stephen’s three wadded-up typewritten pages. After knocking off the cigarette ashes and smoothing out the pages, she began to read. It was good and she wondered how the story ended. Aware that her 26-year-old husband...
June 1940 – Clarksville, Tennessee: Born pre-maturely, Wilma Rudolph weighed four pounds at birth. As a baby, she survived scarlet fever, then double pneumonia before being diagnosed with polio at age four. The doctor told Wilma’s mother, Blanche, the child would...
July 1959 – Green Bay Packer Football Camp, Green Bay, Wisconsin: On a hot afternoon during the first week of the grueling two-a-day practices, fiery new Head Coach Vince Lombardi stopped practice and walked over to second-year guard Jerry Kramer who had once-again...
Overheard in a Paris art studio – 1874: “He has no talent at all, that boy! You who are his friend, please tell him to give up painting.” The comment was made by French impressionist painter Edouard Manet to fellow painter Claude Monet, speaking of 33-year old...
