“If it had not been for these things, I might have live out my life talking at street corners to scorning men. I might have die, unmarked, unknown, a failure. Now we are not a failure. This our career and our triumph. Never in our full life could we hope to do such work for … More Sacco and Vanzetti: That Agony is Our Triumph by Rene Wadlow
Mikhail Gorbachev, in full Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, was born March 2, 1931, Privolnoye, Stavropol kray, Russia, U.S.S.R. and died August 30, 2022, in Moscow, Russia, A Soviet official, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991 and president of the Soviet Union in 1990–91. His efforts to democratize … More Mikhail Gorbachev
“Just prior to the May 2010 Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Ban Ki-moon, then Secretary-General of the UN said, “Everyone recognizes the catastrophic danger of nuclear weapons. Just as clearly, we know the threat will last as long as these weapons exist. … More Hiroshima Anniversary Day: Developing a Nuclear-weapon Abolition Strategy by Rene Wadlow
August 30th; on this day in 2003, the actor Charles Bronson, best known for his tough-guy roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen and the Death Wish franchise, dies at the age of 81 in Los Angeles. Bronson was born Charles Buchinsky on November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, to Lithuanian immigrants. The 11th … More Aug 30, 2003; Charles Bronson
August 27th; on this day in 1953, Roman Holiday, featuring Audrey Hepburn in her first starring movie role, premieres in New York City. Hepburn’s performance in Roman Holiday, as a European princess who ditches her official duties and falls for an American journalist (played by Gregory Peck) while on tour in Rome, earned her an … More Aug 27, 1953; Roman Holiday
August 24th 1936; A.S. Byatt, born Antonia Susan Drabble, is born on this day in the industrial town of Sheffield in Yorkshire, England. Sister of successful novelist Margaret Drabble, Byatt will be known for both her scholarly works and fiction. Byatt, the daughter of a Quaker judge and a Cambridge-educated mother, was painfully shy and … More Aug 24, 1936; A.S. Byatt
August 22nd; Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News, is born on this day in 1935 in Norwich, Connecticut. Her mother was a painter and her father a self-made executive in a textile company. Annie lived in various towns in New England and in North Carolina during her childhood, and wrote her first short story … More Aug 22, 1935; E. Annie Proulx
August 19th; on this day in 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III is born in Hope, Arkansas. His father died in a car accident before he was born, and young Bill later took the last name of his stepfather, Roger Clinton. In 1992, Bill Clinton would be elected as the 42nd president of the United States. … More Aug 19, 1946; Bill Clinton
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