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.
Jimmy Walker
Born: June 19, 1881
Died: November 18, 1946 (aged 65)
Bio: James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James, was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine.