Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Oliver Hazard Perry
Born: August 23, 1785
Died: August 23, 1819 (aged 34)
Bio: Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval commander, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. He was the son of USN Captain Christopher Raymond Perry and of Sarah Wallace Alexander, and the older brother of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry.