April 18, 2023
QUOTE
Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
We can’t solve today’s problems with the mentality that created them.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.
Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
--All from Albert Einstein
BIRTHDAYS
1857 – Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
1947 – James Woods, Actor and producer
1953 – Rick Moranis, Actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
1963 – Conan O’Brien, American television host, comedian, and podcaster
IN MEMORY
1945 – Ernie Pyle, Journalist and soldier
1955 – Albert Einstein, Physicist, engineer, and academic
1986 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation
2012 – Dick Clark, Television host and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1775 – Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of British troop movements.
1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
1912 – The Cunard liner Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the Titanic to New York City.
1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.