13Sep09

"What is your occupation?"
"I used to be an organist."
"And why did you give it up?"
"The monkey died."

1940, Italians invade Egypt.

1942, Battle of Stalingrad begins.

1943, Germans rescue Mussolini.

1944, Jacqueline Bisset is born.

1982, Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco is killed in a car accident.

1993, Yitzhak, Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO in Washington in the presence of President Clinton.

2008 - Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.

Quote for the day:
It takes two to make a quarrel, and the same number to get married.