28Aug09

A well-known Royal Academician who noticed a drawing of a fish by a pavement-artist asked the man what sort of fish it was supposed to be.
"A shark, sir!"
"But you've never seen a shark," said the RA
"That's true sir," the man agreed: "but, then, don't some of those Academy chaps paint angels?"

1949, Soviets detonate their first atom bomb.

1963, Martin Luther King reads his famous speech I Have A Dream.

1972, Mark Spitz-US swimmer, 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals.

Quote for the day.
Before marriage a man yearns for a woman, After marriage the "y" is silent.