Word: birthday
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hindus observed last week the 5,000th birthday of Krishna, their epic hero, who traditionally composed the Bhagavad-gita?perhaps comparable to Solomon's Song of Songs?and is now exalted as the full incarnation of Vishnu, a God of the Bright Heaven...
...Jersey, Inventor Thomas Alva Edison approached his 80th birthday (Feb. 11) ; in Bermuda, Dr. Francis Landey Pattton, 84, onetime (1888-1902) president of Princeton, celebrated his birthday; lectured to the local Rota,ry club. Dr. William Williams Keen, 90, of Philadelphia, also celebrated his birthday. John Davison Rockefeller,* 87, played golf in Florida with Soldier Adalbert Ames, 91, last Union Army gen eral. And in Detroit, Soldier Roland, 100, came forward. To memoralize the death of Empress Charlotte, he had put on all his medals, for once he had been a colonel of lancers under her hus band, Maximilian...
...Philadelphia, 137 miles from Washington where Surgeon Mayo talked, one of these older men, himself a surgeon, made his comments on old age. He was Surgeon William Williams Keen, who celebrated his 90th birthday during the week. Great technician in brain surgery, he has written much on diverse medical subjects; has taught; has fought, in the War. Governments have given him their medals of gratitude, students their adulation. Of old age, he said last week: "It just happened. I have lived a happy life and am fortunate in having made many friends. I love life and I have no sure...
...seventh birthday of the 18th Amendment, was celebrated by 20,000 ministers with sermons on the subject: "It is the Law; and It is a Good...
...feature of the polo schedule is a contest with Yale in Cambridge for both the Freshmen and University on January 15. Another is fixed for New Haven on Washington's Birthday, February...