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.