Seán O’Casey

“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.”

• Seán O’Casey - Irish dramatist was born in 1880
• Anna Sewell - Author of ‘Black Beauty’ was born in 1820
• James Cagney - Actor died in 1986 at the age of 86

The U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million on the 30th of March 1867. People called it “Seward’s Folly.” It’s no folly now!

In 1995 Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimise.

Happy Birthday to:

• Celine Dion - Singer - 40 today
• Warren Beatty - Actor - 71 today
• Eric Clapton (Musician) - 63 today
• Norah Jones - (Musician) - 29 today

Don’t drink too much!

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