21Aug09

Visitor (to butler who is showing him through the picture gallery)---"That's a fine portrait! Is it an old master?"
Butler---"No, that's the old missus."

1944, Wernher von Braun develops the V-2 rocket; the first Jet plane becomes operational.

1950, In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pie XII warns Christians against certain philosophical doctrines, especially existentialism.

1959, Hawaii becomes the 50th State.

Quote for the day:
What the girls say--A thing of beauty is a boy forever.