This day is called October 16, 2022. Yesterday was amazing. Friends, food, good conversation served with Margaritas and Pina Colitis. Hard to beat a gathering like that. Our purpose in life is to enjoy it. Today is Global Cat Day, National Cut Up Your Credit Card Day, National Department Store Day, National Dictionary Day, National Lean a Word Day, National Liqueur Day, World Food Day, and World Toy Camera Day. Now some history. On this day in 1775 the British fleet fired heated shells onto what is now Portland Maine for 8 hours burning it to the ground. This was the second time Portland was destroyed. In 1690 the French and Indians burned it down during King Williams War. On this day in 1829 the first modern hotel in America opened in Boston (Tremont Hotel). In 1901 on this day Booker T. Washington and his family were invited to dine at the White House with Teddy and Edith Roosevelt prompting condemnations from the South. In 1916 on this day Margaret Sanger opened the 1st birth control clinic in the US in Brooklyn. On this day in 1925 the Texas School Board prohibited teaching evolution. Not much seems to have changed in Texas. This is the day in 1946 that 10 Nazi leaders were hanged as war criminals after the Nuremberg war trial. In 1962 on this day the Cuban Missile Crisis began when JFK was shown photos confirming that Soviet missiles were in Cuba. Today we will find quotes from Oscar Wilde. It’s his birthday and he’s dead which qualifies him for the last part of this post. Oscar said, “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you place the blame.” “Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.” “Be yourself; everyone else is taken.” “In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.” Last one is “Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.” Abide.
