Feb 11 Daily
QUOTE
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
--Mark Twain
BIRTHDAYS
1847 – Thomas Edison, Engineer and businessman
1934 – Tina Louise, Actress and singer
1936 – Burt Reynolds, Actor and director
IN MEMORY
1986 – Frank Herbert, Journalist and author
1994 – Neil Bonnett, Race car driver and member of the Alabama Gang
IN ON THIS DAY
660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1938 – BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television program that coined the term “robot”.