Kansas winter. That tree, were it still alive, would be standing in a lake. I thought the image was poignant.
It's a big day in music history: Alban Berg, Carmen Miranda, and Gypsy Rose Lee all share a birthday (1885, 1909, and 1914, respectively). And The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, in 1964.
And in 1913, a group of three or four luminous bodies with tails moved across the sky with a 'peculiar majestic deliberation', according to the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Another one followed, and another. There were 30 or 32 in all, according to one observer, in strict formation. Some compared them to a fleet of battleships in the air. They were seen in Canada, USA, Bermuda and from the sea. There was another procession over Toronto the next day, only this time there were seven or eight dark non-luminous bodies, which moved across the sky and back. I repeat: 1913.
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