Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
U Thant
Born: January 22, 1909
Died: November 25, 1974 (aged 65)
Bio: Thant, known honorifically as U Thant was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971; the first non-European to hold the position.