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.
Harold Zirin

Born: October 7, 1929
Died: January 3, 2012 (aged 82)
Bio: Harold "Hal" Zirin was an American solar astronomer also known as Captain Corona to a generation of Caltech Astronomy students.