Monday, October 24, 2011
United Nations Day
[1601 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer,
dies in Prague at age 54]
[1830 - Belva Ann Lockwood, attorney, 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]
[1930 - J.P. (Jiles Perry) Richardson, 'The Big Bopper'
singer, songwriter, born in Sabine Pass, Texas]
[1945 - The United Nations is established by charter and ratification]
[1962 - US Atlantic Fleet ships and aircraft begin quarantine operations around Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis]
[1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award]
[1973 - The Yom Kippur War ends with Israeli forces on the outskirts of Cairo and Damascus]
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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