Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil." Thomas A. Edison


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Samuel Morse

Scott Carpenter

• 1844 Samuel Morse sends a message from the US Capitol to Baltimore, to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
• 1962 American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• 1991 Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Nicole Kidman

Could a deaf girl regain hearing? Watch the ABC News report. Is it possible to teach ants to dance? Watch the BBC report. Free pizza if ordered in Spanish? Watch the CNN report. Do transgender athletes fit in athletics? Listen to the NPR report. What's Nicole Kidman's last flick? Watch the Reuters report. How can child development be derailed? Why are more and more kids eating detergent? Read the Time article. Would you like to meet the ridiculously photogenic patient? Watch the Yahoo report.