Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Clive Ponting

Born: April 13, 1946
Died: July 28, 2020 (aged 74)
Bio: Clive Sheridan Ponting was a senior civil servant, best known for leaking documents about the sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War. He was the author of a number of revisionist books on British and world history.
Known for:
- A New Green History of the World (1991)
- World History - A New Perspective (2000)
- 1940: Myth and Reality (1990)
- The Crimean War (2004)
- The twentieth century (1998)