Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2014 with 20 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter and Saturn. Evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Uranus and Venus This Day in History, December 11 On December 11th, 1872, P.B.S. Pinchback was sworn in as the first African-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Other Notable Events for December 11 On this date in history: In 1789, the North Carolina Legislature chartered the University of North Carolina. In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1941, four days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. In 1946, UNICEF was established. Notable Birthdays for December 11 Those born on this date include: - U.S. statesman George Mason in 1725 - Scottish physicist and kaleidoscope inventor David Brewster in 1781 - French composer Hector Berlioz in 1803 - German pioneer bacteriologist Robert Koch in 1843 - New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in 1882 - Italian film producer Carlo Ponti in 1912 A thought for the day: Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. -- George Bernard Shaw Classic Quotes by Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918- ) Russian Writer For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. ------------------------- Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:51:37 +0000
Trending Topics
© 2015