Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Elting E. Morison

Born: December 14, 1909
Died: April 20, 1995 (aged 85)
Bio: Elting Elmore Morison was an American historian of technology, military biographer, author of nonfiction books, and essayist. He was an MIT professor emeritus, and the founder of their program in Science, Technology, and Society.