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.