It is the 14th day of April, 2021. These are the events of special interest today: Look Up In The Sky Day, National Dolphin Day, National Pecan Day, International Moment of Laughter Day, Reach As High As You Can Day, International Day of Pink and Pan American Day. Looking through the history of this day, in 1841 the 1st detective story was published. It was Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in Rue Morgue”. In 1865, Lincoln was shot by Booth. In 1881 on this day there was a gunfight in El Paso that left 4 people dead in 5 seconds. This is the date in 1912 when the Titanic hit the iceberg. This is also the date in 1935 when the worst storm of the dust bowl, the Black Sunday dust storm hit Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle. This is also the day in 1126 that Averroes, who was a philosopher was born. This is a quote: “Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.” That quote is as relevant today as it was in his time. This is also Arnold J. Toynbee’s birthday. He was an English Historian. Arnold said, “Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.” Something to think about. Since it is Laughter day, I’ll leave you with a few one liners: A woman walks into a library and asks if they had any books about paranoia. The librarian says “They’re right behind you! The other day, my wife asked me to pass her lipstick but I accidentally passed her a glue stick. She still isn’t talking to me. I used to think I was indecisive but now I’m not so sure. Have as good a day as you decide you want. Abide.
