Quote of the day
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Walter Lord
Born: October 8, 1917
Died: May 19, 2002 (aged 84)
Bio: John Walter Lord, Jr., was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Known for:
- A Night to Remember (1955)
- The Night Lives On (1976)
- Day of infamy (1957)
- The miracle of Dunkirk (1982)
- Midway! Incredible Victory