International Children's Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?" Charles de Gaulle


TODAY IN HISTORY:

Gorbachev and Bush

Charles de Gaulle

• 1831 James Clark Rose discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
• 1858 Charles de Gaulle comes out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 1990 George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Ridley Scott

Is it possible to check off skinny list? Watch the ABC News interview. Are Facebook users being cut off? Read the BBC article. Who are Mexico's new drug bosses? Watch the CNN report. How about a little American story? Listen to the NPR report. What's Ridley Scott's latest movie? Watch the Reuters interview with the movie director. What percentage of people do you think admit to peeing in the pool? Read the Time article. Is Latin America exporting Chagas Disease to the US?Watch the interview.