Rotuma Day (Fiji)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the freedom to do what we ought." John Paul II.


TODAY IN HISTORY:

John Paul II being shot

Silverstone F1 race

• 1880 In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas A. Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• 1950 The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• 1981 Mehmet Ali Agca attempts to assessinate John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope finally survives after undergoing an emergency surgery.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Eduardo Saverin

Where is texting while walking outlawed? Read the ABC News report. A cat cafe where no dogs are to be seen? Watch the BBC report. How many bodies have been found this one time? Watch the CNN report. A dancer dancing to complete silence? Listen to the NPR report. What's the latest update on the manhunt for Joseph Kony's LRA? Watch the Reuters report. How would you define iDermal? Watch the Time report. Facebook co-founder unfriending the American dream? Watch the ABC News report via Yahoo.