January 21, 2008


If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
Thomas Paine



"And some of your other best friends are Methodists, but you never bother to say that. "
— Anne Dettrey (Celeste Holm), Gentleman's Agreement (1947)



If there is no other intelligent life in the universe it seems like an aweful waste of space.
- Carl Sagan



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1957

1957 and 1958
  • Rome Treaty; common market established
  • Sputnik launched by Russians
  • Mao says, "Let a thousand flowers bloom"
  • Ghana becomes independent
  • USSR and US launch ICBM's
  • Federal troops force integration of schools in Little Rock, AK
  • Military dictatorship ends in Venezuela
  • François Duvalier becomes dictator of Haiti
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Believing is easier than thinking. Hence so many more believers than thinkers.
    - Bruce Calvert



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
  • George Washington had two ice cream freezers installed at his home in Mount Vernon.
  • He was the first man in American history to be a Lieutenant General.
  • He was the only president to die in the 1700s.
  • He left no direct descendant. Though his wife Martha had four children by a previous marriage., Washington never sired a child to continue his line.
  • He once issued an order that forbade swearing throughout the U.S. Army.
  • He's face was scarred from smallpox.
  • He's favorite sports were fishing and fox hunting.



  • A tree doubled in height each year until it reached its maximum height over the course of ten years. How many years did it take for the tree to reach half its maximum height?



    It ain't over till it's over.



    My pride fell with my fortunes.



    "Ich bin ein Berliner"



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