Saturday, June 14, 2008
Flag Day
[1775 - U.S. Army is established by Congressional Resolution]
[1777 - Continental Congress approves design of national flag]
[1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author, born in Litchfield, Connecticut]
[1820 - John Bartlett, publisher, editor, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts]
[1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, photojournalist, born in New York City]
[1909 - Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) Ives, folk singer, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Hunt City, Illinois]
[1925 - Pierre Salinger, White House press secretary, Senator, writer, born in San Francisco]
[1940 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Naval Expansion Act]
[1951 - Univac 1, world's first commercial computer, unveiled in Washington, DC]
[1963 - Duke Snider hits his 400th home run]
Poorwilliam's Second Law of Social Engineering
An organization at rest is dead, but it may be decades before anyone notices; thus it will continue to consume resources at the same rate (or greater) as it did before it lost track of its purpose.
William's Whimsical Words:
This is also known as the Law of Dissipation of Energy.
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