23Sep09

"Did you know that I had taken up story-writing as a career?"
"No, Sold anything yet?"
"Yes, my watch, my saxophone and my overcoat."

1642 - Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass, 1st commencement

1779 - John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis

1902, Tenor Enrico Caruso (La Traviata, Aida, Faust, Carmen, Tosca and La Boheme) makes his first recording.

1952 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title

1958, Publication of JK Gailbraight's The Affluent Society.

1996, Jim Carrey weds Lauren Holly

Quote for the day:
Most men flirt with the women they would not marry, and marry the women who would not flirt with them.