On this day

[Henry M]

 In 1788, Sir Robert Peel, a British prime minister and founder of
 London's Metropolitan police force, was born.  

 In 1811, after George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales
 became Prince Regent of England, later to be George IV.  

 In 1840, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, the prolific U.S. inventor whose
 credits include the gun that bears his name, was born.  

 In 1881, English author and historian Thomas Carlyle died. Carlyle
 published "Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches," which revised
 contemporary attitudes toward the Protector.  

 In 1914, U.S. novelist William Burroughs was born. Many of his books
 were based on his own experiences as a drug addict, including "Naked
 Lunch."  

 In 1941, Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson, the Australian poet widely
 credited as the author of "Waltzing Matilda," died.  

 In 1983, Klaus Barbie, wanted as a Nazi war criminal, was imprisoned
 in Lyons, France, following extradition from Bolivia.  

 In 1994, a mortar bomb devastated a Sarajevo street market, killing
 68.        

Today:

The Alzheimer's Association meets in New York.  

and

The Northwest Flower and Garden Show opens in Seattle with a 1997  
theme titled "Romance in Bloom."        

Attending both, one might forget romance in bloom

AsB4
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