Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Dmitri Shostakovich

Born: September 25, 1906
Died: August 9, 1975 (aged 68)
Bio: Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music.