World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." Mahatma Gandhi


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Miguel Hidalgo

Dr. John S. Pemberton

• 1753 Miguel Hidalgo is born in Penjamo, Guanajuato. 
• 1886 Pharmacist John Stith Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
• 1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against the British rule in India.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

King Juan Carlos I

Are driverless cars legal? Watch the ABC News report. How was the Battle of Puebla celebrated in Mexico? Watch the BBC report. Are you nuts about nuts? Watch the CNN interview. Who's Russia's new elected president? Listen to the NPR report. Are fish afraid of sugar? Watch the Reuters report. Is King Juan Carlos a royal pain? Read the Time article. Which of these Aussie hotties should go to Miss Universe? Watch the Yahoo report