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Thomas Jefferson was born at Shadwell, among the hills of Virginia, on this day in 1743. A favorite amongst the founding fathers, he is also one of my favorite authors. Jefferson distinguished himself as a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist...
By order of the Canadian Parliament in 1957, today is "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the second Monday in October." The first thanksgiving observation...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India on this day in 1869. From his early career in law to his assassination while preparing to pray in 1948 the Mahatma (Sanskrit for "great soul") preached nonviolence, and to the...
Something extraordinary happened at Mainz, Germany on this day in 1452. A goldsmith turned printer by the name of Johann Gutenberg started a print job. It was a big job, and took over two years to complete: The first verifiable book printed with moveable...
Tomorrow is celebrated as Independence Day in the US. I asked myself: What comes before Independence? Tyranny, at least such is the perspective of the revolutionary fighting for independence, so Today's quotes relate to Tyranny and tyrants....
Errol Flynn was born at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia a century ago today. He grew up at Sydney, failed in two businesses in New Guinea, and moved to England in 1933. Spotted by a Warner Brothers executive the next year he was quickly signed to a contract...
Just days after Paris fell to the Nazis, Winston Churchill called his compatriots to do their duty in the familiar words of the first quote below, delivered in the House of Commons on this day in 1940. I've chosen a few other quotes on Duty to go...