Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Haraldur Sigurdsson

Born: May 31, 1939 (age 86)
Bio: Haraldur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic volcanologist and geochemist. Sigurðsson studied geology and geochemistry in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a bachelor's degree from Queen's University, Belfast, followed by a Ph.D. degree from the University of Durham in 1970.