Independence Day (Zimbabwe)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him." Ezra Pound


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Ezra Pound

Joan of Arc

• 1909 Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• 1930 BBC announces that there is no news on that day.
• 1958 A US federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Demi Moore

Is Demi Moore back with us? Watch the ABC report. Is there a school with more teachers than students? Read the BBC article. What is a feeding tube diet? Watch the CNN report. What makes a movie quote memorable? Listen to the NPR report. Who's the fastest cyclist in the world? Watch the Reuters report. Who is Suu Kyi and what's she up to? Read the Time article. Is the Popocatepetl going to erupt soon? Watch the Fox News report via Yahoo.