Freedom Day (Malta)

QUOTE DAY:
"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." Dalai Lama


TODAY IN HISTORY:

The Eiffel Tower

Tenzin Gyatzo, Dalai Lama

• 1889 The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• 1918 Daylight saving time goes into effect for the first time in the United States.
• 1959 The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Bob Marley

Would you send a woman to jail for polishing her fingernails? Watch the ABC report. Do you like reggae? Watch the BBC report about a Bob Marley documentary. Is trance music finally turning into popular music? Watch the CNN interview. Does anybody know what North Korea wants? Listen to the NPR documentary. Will the Titanic story ever come to an end? Watch the Reuters report. What's obsessive compulsive disorder and how does it work? Watch the Yahoo report.

National Cleavage Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." Thomas Jefferson


TODAY IN HISTORY:

William H. Seward

The Reagan shooting

• 1822 The Florida territory is created in the United States.
• 1867 Alaska is bought from Russia by US Secretary of States William H. Seward.
• 1981 Presidet Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest by John Hinckley, Jr.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Rhianna in "Battleship"

Do you like Cirque du Soleil? Watch the ABC report on a Jackson tribute. Can you imagine Rhianna acting in a movie? Watch the BBC report. How would you feel if you were deported to Mexico? Watch the CNN report. Famous banjo player Earl Scruggs passed away last wednesday. Listen to the NPR interview. Batman has been caught by a police car. Watch the Reuters report. As Barbie turns 50, she apparently is going bald. Read the Time article. People love dropping the f-bomb, but how about children? Watch the Yahoo video.

Day of the Young Combatant (Chile)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." Jim Rohn


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Dr. Pamberton statue

Charles Manson's mug shot

• 1886 Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Ga.
• 1971 A Los Angeles, Ca. jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
• 2008 Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Dr. Rodriguez

Do you know how to win the lottery? Watch the ABC interview with lottery strategists. How has Timothy Doner, 16, learned 23 languages? Listen to the BBC interview. What's your opinion on face transplants? Watch the CNN interview with Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez. Excuse me...? Have you tried boiled eggs in China? Watch the Reuters report about this exotic dish. Do disorganized people have organized or disorganized brains? Listen to the NPR report. At which age do people reach happiness: at 23, at 33, or at 43? Read the Time article. What kind of people can you recruit through Facebook? Watch the Fox News report via Yahoo. Do you think the 2012 Mexican elections will be influenced by drug cartels? Read the Yahoo article.

Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Men do not shape destiny; destiny produces the man for the hour." Fidel Castro


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet

Sumatra earthquake map

• 1930 Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
• 1959 The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet.
• 2005 The Sumatra earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the fourth strongest earthquake since 1965.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Castro and Ratzinger

Did you know the Pope got to visit with Fidel Castro? Listen to the NPR report. Do you believe in on-line love? Watch the BBC report. Do you like colored Starbucks drinks? Watch the CNN report to learn how the drinks are colored. Do you know how Japanese bees react to the presence of a hornet? Watch the Reuters report. Did you hear about the famous Pakistani acid victim? Read the Time article to learn about her final fate. Is your computer infected with a virus? Watch the Yahoo report to find out the solution.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." Salvador Dali


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Tenerife Airport disaster

• 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
• 1977 Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway in Tenerife on the Canary Islands, killing 583. This is the worst aviation accident in history. 
• 1998 Viagra is approved for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston has been mentioned here. Watch the CNN report before we forget all about her. Have you heard about the band Dry the River? Listen to the NPR report. Do you think someone can take his life while being on Facebook? Read the Time article. Mexico has set a new Guinness record. Watch the Reuters report. There's a brand new collection of e-books. Watch the Yahoo report.

Independence Day & National Day (Bangladesh)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Every man is a quoation from all his ancestors." Ralph Waldo Emerson


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Melissa

• 1943 In Poland, the first female prisoners arrive in Auschwitz.
• 1958 The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
• 1999 The "Melissa Worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Madonna

Do you like the way Madonna dances on stage? Watch the queen of pop teach her moves on this Reuters report. Have you ever seen a Pope wearing a Mexican sombrero? Watch the BBC report. Everybody's talking about the Hunger Games movie. Watch the CNN interview with Isabelle Furhman. Did you know that chocolate may influence your metabolic process in a positive manner? Listen to the NPR report. Are Intel and Microsoft conspiring against Apple? Read the Time article. Which is the longest book, and what's going to happen to it? Watch the Yahoo report.

Mother's Day (Slovenia)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Common sense is not so common." Voltaire


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Sergei Krikalev

Ward Cunningham

• 1992 Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
• 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
• 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British meat as a result of mad cow disease.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Michael Tyson

Have you ever heard of Michael Tyson? Watch the USA Today interview with the boxing champion. South Africa has prepared a tribute concert for its Nobel winners. Watch the BBC report. The Pope is preparing to visit Cuba, but are Cubans ready for him? Watch the CNN report. Who is Grammy-winner Melanie Fiona? Listen to the NPR interview with the artist. Can a cat survive a 19-story fall? Read the Time article. How about this! Young drivers prefer the internet to owning a car. Watch the ABC report via Yahoo. Finally, is there a connection between the brain and love? Read this The New York Times article.

World Tuberculosis Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The mind is everything. What you think you become." The Dalai Lama


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Eva Duarte Peron

Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet

• 1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of Eva Peron and start a 7-year dictatorial period.
• 1989 Cold Fusion announced.
• 1993 Discovery of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Marcial Maciel

The Pope is visiting Mexico, but not everything is a picnic. First, because of a new book discussing Marcial Maciel. Read the Reuters article via Yahoo. Then, because some people have decided to protest. Watch the Reuters report. Finally, because Mexico is wounded and depressed. Listen to the NPR report. Is it possible to recreate history? Watch the BBC report about a boat journey. What do you do to exercise your short-term memory? Watch a memory champion on this CNN interview. Have you met people through on-line dating websites? Get updated on dating websites with this Time article. And talking about the internet, do you think a person's life can be destroyed by online gossip? Make sure you watch this Yahoo report.

World Meteorological Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The wise does at once what the fool does at last." Baltasar Gracian


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Adolf Hitler

Luis Donaldo Colosio

• 1933 The Reichstag passes the enabling act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
• 1956 Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world.
• 1994 At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martinez.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Connie Marrero

A Cuban athlete finally receives his pension, but how old is he? Listen to the NPR report. Did you know that the Pope is in Mexico? Click here for a BBC update. Have you heard about the documentary "The Price of Sex"? Watch the CNN report.  Synchronized swimming looks easy on TV, but is it really easy? Watch the Time report. What would you do if a relative of yours is being bullied? Watch the ABC report via Yahoo. Do you think models can inspire horror? Watch the Reuters report. Finally, what's the impact of global warming on bees and pollination? Watch the USA Today report.

World Day for Water

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." Bill Cosby


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Arthur L. Shawlow

Valeri Polyakov

• 1960 Arthur Leonard Shawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
• 1995 Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
• 2006 ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston died a few weeks ago, and the autopsy findings have been released. Read the Time article. Do you think a teenager could be a hundred years old? Watch the astonishing BBC interview. Do you think men and women are affected in different ways by smoking? Watch the CNN report. The Pope is visiting Mexico, but is it safe for him? Watch the Reuters report. Do you think Ratzinger is being compared to John Paul II in Mexico? Read the Reuters article via Yahoo. Do you have a coffee brewer at home? Listen to an NPR interview about the inventor of the coffee brewer. And talking about caffeine, are "energy drinks" healthy? Watch the Yahoo report hosted by Dr. Manny. Finally, have you heard about Path 2.0? Watch the USA Today interview.

International Earth Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"A right delayed is a right denied." Martin Luther King, Jr.


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.

Martin L. King, Jr.

• 1928 Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3200 people on the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
• 2006 Twitter is created by Jack Dorsey in San Francisco, California.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Amelia Earhart

As you've already noticed, Lindbergh was a hero, and so was Amelia Earhart. Watch USA Today report on Hilary Clinton's quest to find Earhart. Did you know that Chinese was simplified by one man? Read the BBC article. Can you imagine firemen wearing dresses and putting out fires? Watch the CNN report. As the Pope prepares to visit Mexico, what's up with protestants? Read the Reuters article. How has reggae influenced contemporary music? Listen to the NPR report. Is there a link between exercise and orgasm? Read the Time article.

Tunisian Independence Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Albert Einstein

Uncle Tom's Cabin book

• 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
• 1916 Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Did you notice the earthquake today? Watch the BBC report. Do you want to know all the details regarding the earthquake? Watch the CNN report and read the article. Have we mentioned the futuristic flying robots? Watch the Reuters update. Adele keeps climbing the stairway to stardom. Listen to the NPR report. Are you a social smoker or a chain-smoker? Read the Time article on smoking and memory. What can you do when someone in your family is being bullied? Watch the Yahoo report.

St. Joseph's Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." Blaise Pascal


TODAY IN HISTORY:

The Lumiere brothers

George W. Bush

• 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph/ 
• 1918 The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• 2003 US President George W. Bush orders the start of war against Iraq.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Do you think 12-year-olds should be able to get condoms... for free? Watch the CNN controversial interview. Talking about sex, what's the link between the internet and prostitution? Watch the BBC report. Have you ever heard of the group Zieti? Listen to the NPR report and interview. Did Fidel Castro have anything to do with US President JFK's assassination? Read the Time article. Prince William's wife, Kate Duchess of Cambridge, has given her first public speech. Watch the Reuters report. Which is the longest word in English? Watch the Yahoo report. Finally, some news from beautiful and beloved Mexico. Read the Reuters article via Yahoo.

Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err." Mahatma Gandhi


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Aleksei Leonov

• 1922 In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only six years.
• 1938 Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
• 1965 Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Philip S. Hoffman

Have you seen any Philip Seymour Hoffman movie? Listen to the NPR report on the actor's latest job. Do you think Batman could help the Brazilian police? Watch the BBC report. Introverts have already been mentioned here, have they not? Watch this interesting CNN report. Kony has apparently left Uganda, but where is he now? Watch the Time report on the LRA's leader. What is emotional eating and how can you stop it? Watch the Yahoo video. Finally, this is for our bilingual followers: What's the benefit of being bilingual? Read the New York Times' article.

Saint Patrick's Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them." Dalai Lama


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Tenzin Gyatzo, the Dalai Lama

Israel's Prime Minister

• 1959 Tenzin Gyatzo, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• 1969 Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
• 1992 A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

As you've already learned, today is Saint Patrick's day. How is the holiday celebrated in the United States? Watch the CNN report. How about a poem about Saint Patrick's day? Listen to the NPR report. Talking to Saint Patrick's day, let's talk about beer. Watch the Yahoo report on beer and health. What is the link between white rice and diabetes? Read the Yahoo! article. What is a mama's boy, and is it for real? Read the Time article. Would you like to turn a World War II bunker into your house? Watch the Reuters report. Finally, is it possible to go back to the old Facebook? For a surprising report, click this link.

Latvian Legion Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Only the educated are free." Epictetus
 
TODAY IN HISTORY:
  37 Caligula becomes Roman Emperor after the death of his great uncle, Tiberius.
1621 Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of the Plymouth colony and greets them "Welcome Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1916 The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Jason Russell

Do you remember Jason Russell, co-founder of "Invisible Children"? Watch the CNN report about the film director. Did you know George Clooney has been released from prison? Watch the BBC interview with the famous actor. How about Vijay Iyer, the talented jazz pianist? Listen to the NPR interview. The iPhone is a sexy thing, but can you imagine the iPhone becoming porno? Read the revealing Time article. Do you think Nissan could reinvent race car design? Watch the Reuters report. Finally, tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day, but can you explain the festivity? Watch the Fox News interview with a language expert.

International Day Against Police Brutality

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The good and the wise lead quiet lives." Euripides


TODAY IN HISTORY:

• 1916 President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the US-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• 1985 The first internet domain is registered (symbolics.com)
• 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Is there a drastic way to discourage people from smoking? Warning: this CNN report contains shocking images. Do you prefer to watch something more fun and amusing? Watch this BBC report. Sesame Street joins the fight against bullying. Check out the CNN report. Have you noticed something about the sky at night? Yep, you're looking at two planets. Listen to the NPR interview. What's your opinion on assisted suicide and death with dignity? Watch the Time interview with Peter Goodwin. Finally, do you really think that a one-size condom fits everyone? Make sure you don't miss this Reuters revolutionary video.

π day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be." Albert Einstein


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Albert Einstein

Norman Thagard

• 1879 Albert Einstein is born in Germany.
• 1794 Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
• 1995 Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Prince Harry of Wales

Do you think it's easy for a prince to find love? Watch the BBC interview with Prince Harry. As you've already noticed, it's π day today. How is this day celebrated? Watch the CNN report. What are the two most important words in English that will get you anywhere? Read the NPR article. What's the best solution to obesity, if any? Read the Time article. What has Cubans done to American crocodiles? Watch the Reuters interview. Do you think Mexican cartels could operate in Europe? Watch the Fox News report. Talking about black market, can you sell illegal detergent? Watch the USA Today report. Finally, every parent says their kid is a genius, but are they? Be sure to check out this video.