Today Of This Year Poem by RIC BASTASA

850: Novelist and short story author, Guy de Maupassant born in Château de Miromesnil, NormandyBrowse 'Guy de Maupassant'
1858: First transatlantic telegraph cable completed
1906: Academy Award winning screenwriter, director, and actor, John Huston born in Nevada, MissouriBrowse 'John Huston'
1930: First human to walk on the moon, test pilot, university professor and astronaut, Neil Armstrong born in Wapakoneta, OhioBrowse 'Neil Armstrong'
1946: Actress Loni Anderson born in Saint Paul, MinnesotaBrowse '
1962: Marilyn Monroe found dead
1981: President Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers
1983: Divestiture of AT&T
2010: Rose and Arvin posted poems at Poemhunter; Candice Salazar is busy with her work.