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.
Joseph Alsop

Born: October 11, 1910
Died: August 28, 1989 (aged 78)
Bio: Joseph Wright Alsop V was an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Known for:
- The Rare Art Traditions (1982)
- I've seen the best of it
- FDR, 1882-1945: a Centenary Remembrance (1982)
- The 168 days (1973)
- From the silent earth (1964)