1616: William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet, often considered the greatest playwright in history, dies on his birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

1789: U.S. president George Washington and his wife, Martha, move into the first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York; the White House is built ten years later.

1896: In New York City, Americans sit together in a theater and view a motion picture for the first time.

1954: In baseball, Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves hits the first of his record 755 career home runs.

1969: Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to death for the 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy; the sentence is later reduced to life in prison.

1985: The Coca-Cola Company announces that it will change its classic formula for Coke; negative public reaction provokes a return to the old formula.

Source: http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/onthisday.aspx

 Well, it's just after midnighthere and all hells breaking loose. Sounds a bit too much like a major combat zone for my comfort. Everyone who can hold a punk or lighter is settin off all the fireworks they got. Let's not even get into the yahoos who shoot off their guns just to make noise.

 Seeing as it's officialy 2008 in my lil corner of the world, I thought I'd just pop in here, write a small blog, and say God bless you all and may He, in His devine wisdom, have mercy on us in the coming year. We sure couldn't have made it without him in 2007.

"SO SAY WE ALL !"