International Day of UN Peacekeepers

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"As far as I am concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue." Albert Einstein


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Boris Yeltsin

Albert Einstein

• 1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• 1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin.
• 1990 The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of Russia. 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Can Aspirin prevent melanoma? Watch the ABC News report. Are you interested in unicycling? Watch the BBC report. What's the Mexican spring doing to students? Watch the CNN report. Who was Doc Watson? Listen to the NPR report. Which is the new natural wonder? Watch the Reuters report. What's the origin of human monogamy? Read the Time article. Is Japanese radiation polluting Californian tuna? Watch the Yahoo report.