Almanac of Absurdities 11/15

On this date in 1864, Union General William Sherman burns Atlanta and begins the notorious “March to the Sea.” In 1959, four members of the “Clutter” family are murdered in their home in Holcomb Kansas, the subject of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” Birthdays: Georgia O’Keefe, Petula Clark, and the National Broadcasting Company, NBC.