Sunday, October 24, 2010

United Nations Day

[1601 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer,
dies in Prague at age 54]

[1830 - Belva Lockwood, women's rights advocate,
born in Royalton, New York]

   
[1904 - Moss Hart, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, born in the Bronx, New York]

   
[1911 - Sonny Terry (Saunders Terrell), singer, harmonica player, born in Greensboro, North Carolina]

[1945 - United Nations is established by charter]

[1962 - US Atlantic Fleet ships and aircraft begin quarantine operations around Cuba]

[1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award]

[1973 - Yom Kippur War ends with Israel on the outskirts of Cairo and Damascus]

The Value of Human Life

There is nothing like the taking of human life to cause you to quickly devalue it.

There is nothing like the taking of human life to cause you to painfully re-evaluate it.

There is nothing like the taking of human life to cause you to profoundly value it.

William's Whimsical Words:

What a terrible price to pay for this knowledge

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