January 6, 2008


I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and (not) be remarkable for anything else.
Josh Billings



"This is developing into a very bad habit! I don't know if I can explain it to you. It's not only against the law, it's wrong!"
— Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)



I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.
Michael Moore



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1942

1942 and 1943
  • Singapore Surrenders
  • Battle of Java Sea
  • Doolittle's Bomber Attacks Tokyo
  • Battle of the Coral Sea
  • Philippines Surrender
  • British Launch 1,000 Aircraft Raid on Cologne
  • Battle of Midway
  • Guadalcanal; Savo Island Campaign
  • Raid on Dieppe
  • German Troops Reach Stalingrad
  • British Are Victorious at El Alamein
  • Operation Torch
  • Nuclear chain reaction achieved in an atomic pile
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    All glory comes from daring to begin.
    Chris Jones



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    The oldest elected president was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president—he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated. THE OLDEST LIVING former president was Gerald Ford, who was born on July 14, 1913, and died on Dec.27, 2006, at age 93. The second oldest was Ronald Reagan, who also lived to be 93 years.



    When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?




    Nylons give women a run for their money.



    Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.



    I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.



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