20Aug09

Father---+This is the sunset my daughter painted. She studied painting abroad, you know."
Friend---"Ah, that accounts for it! I never saw a sunset like that in this country."

1905, Sunday becomes a mandatory day of rest in Belgium.

1929, BBC broadcasts first transmission of inventory J.C. Baird's 30-line color television.

1940, Leon Trotsky, founder of the Red Army, is assassinated in Mexico by a "friend".

1968, The Red Army invades Czechoslovakia to kill off the 'Prague Spring'.

Quote for the day:
A woman is never thoroughly interested in a newspaper article until she reaches the place where the balance is torn off.