This day in named November 14th, 2022. I’m ready to learn something. I always do when I write this post. Sometimes I find out what we’re having for dinner because something yummy that is celebrated today. I always am surprised by the historical footnotes, and I often find some new way to look at life in the dead people’s part of this post. Let’s get started. Today is International Girls Day, Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day, National American Teddy Bear Day, National Pickle Day, National Seat Belt Day, Operating Room Nurse Day, World Orphans Day, and National Spicy Guacamole Day. I guess I’d better buy some avocados. On this day in 1666 Samuel Pepys reported about his first transfusion of blood. He used two dogs. In 1832 on this day the first streetcar (horse drawn) went into service in NYC. The fare was 12 cents or $ 7.62 in 2022 dollars. On this day in 1881 Charles Guiteau was put on trial for the assassination of President Garfield. In 1908 Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light which postulated that light is composed of particles (photons) with wave-like properties. He did this in 1908. Wow. In 1960 on this day Ray Charles single “Georgia On My Mind” reached #1. Please note that there are no footnote about horrible act committed against Jews. Now to the dead people quotes for today. The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel died on this day in 1831. He said, “What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.” “The more certain our knowledge the less we know.” I’ll end with some quotes from Booker T. Washington who said, “Character, not circumstances, makes the man” and “The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.” I’ll end today’s post with “Whenever your life touches mine you make me stronger or weaker… there is no escape… people drag others down or life others up.” Abide.
