Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Erich von Däniken
Born: April 14, 1935 (age 90)
Bio: Erich Anton Paul von Däniken is a Swiss author of several books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968.
Known for:
- Chariots of the Gods? (1968)
- History Is Wrong (2007)
- The Gold of the Gods (1972)
- The Return of the Gods (1995)
- Signs of the Gods? (1979)