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.
George R. Stewart

Born: May 31, 1895
Died: August 22, 1980 (aged 85)
Bio: George Rippey Stewart was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Known for:
- Earth Abides (1949)
- Ordeal by Hunger (1936)
- The Pioneers Go West (1954)