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.