This Day in History

February 16th in History

Prohibition ends, Castro takes office and the last MASH unit decommissions. Edgar Bergen, Vera-Ellen, and Kim Jong-Il are born; Keith Haring, Lesley Gore, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali die. Happy Almond Day!

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Quote of the Day

“No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.”

Henry Adams, educator and polymath born February 16, 1838