This day is named November 14th, 2023. I’m ready to learn something new or maybe to remind myself of something I’ve forgotten. Sometimes I find out what we’re having for dinner because a food we like is celebrated today. I usually find something new in the historical footnotes when I take the time to make a second search on why something happened. My favorite part of writing this post is the quotes section that gives me advice from some of the most gifted people who’ve ever lived. 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 and mathematician. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz will provide today’s quotes: “Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.” “He who hasn’t tasted bitter things hasn’t earned sweet things.” “To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.” “The most perfect society is that whose purpose is the universal and supreme happiness.” “What is, is what must be.” “The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.” The end for today. Abide.
