Quote of the day
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
William L. Shirer

Born: February 23, 1904
Died: December 28, 1993 (aged 89)
Bio: William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years.
Known for:
- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960)
- Berlin Diary (1941)
- The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969)
- The Nightmare Years, 1930-1940 (1984)
- The Sinking Of The Bismarck (1962)