Cuban Independence Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization." Charles Lindbergh


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Charles Lindbergh

Amelia Earhart

• 1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1932 Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfounland to begin the world's first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot.
• 1940 The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Andy Gibb

How can you survive a deadly rip current? Watch the ABC News report. Did you know Robin Gibb has passed away? Watch the BBC report. Who were Anne Frank's cousins? Watch the CNN interview. Why was SpaceX launch aborted? Listen to the NPR report. Who was the Lockerbie bomber? Watch the Reuters report. Does every single subway system look exactly the same? Read the Time article. Would you like to swim with sharks? Watch the Animal Planet report via Yahoo.