Quote of the day
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Based on quote from Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act II, scene v: Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
Robert K. Massie

Born: January 5, 1929
Died: December 2, 2019 (aged 90)
Bio: Robert Kinloch Massie III was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian and biographer. He had devoted much of his career to studying the House of Romanov, Russia's royal family from 1613 to 1917.
Known for:
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1967)
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011)
- Peter the Great: His Life and World (1981)
- The Romanovs - The Final Chapter (1995)
- Dreadnought (1991)







