1962 France’s President Charles De Gaulle Survives an Assasination Attempt

• The Organisation de l'armée secrète (OAS), a French far-right organization tried to machine gun Charles De Gaulle while he was riding to the airport with his wife. The assassination attempt was led by Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, an officer in the French Air Force. Bastien-Thiry and the OAS were unhappy about De Gaulle’s role in allowing Algeria’s independence. It is thought that the car De Gaulle was riding in, a Citroen DS 19, was partially responsible for saving his and his wife’s life. After being caught, Bastien-Thiry was the last person in France to be executed by a firing squad.

1922 Irish Politician Michael Collins is Assassinated

• A member and leader of Sinn Fein, a political party that advocated complete Irish independence from Britain, Collins was shot dead in an ambush. This was only a few months after he had been appointed as the Finance Minister of the Irish Free State.

1851 The First America’s Cup is held

• The cup is awarded to the winner of a race between sailing yachts. Thought to be the oldest international sporting trophy to be still awarded today the cup’s name was changed from Hundred Guinea Cup to America’s Cup after the name of the yacht that won the first race on this day. Led by Commodore John Cox Stevens, America participated in a 53 nautical mile race around the Isle of Wight in England.

1779 James Cook Lands on Possession Island

• British explorer James Cook reached the island, which is off the northern coast of Queensland Australia, 2 years after he had set sail on the HMS Endeavour from Plymouth. James Cook named the area New South Wales and claimed it for the British Crown.

In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.

In 1978, President Jomo Kenyatta, a leading figure in Kenya’s struggle for independence, died; Vice President Daniel arap Moi was sworn in as acting president.

In 1986, Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of the late Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit. The Rob Reiner coming-of-age film “Stand By Me” was put into wide release by Columbia Pictures.

膜拜一下灌水达人

来了，姐妹们，我回来了，继续灌鸡汤

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. 

中文 / Chinese：  我想我们过份考虑早起雀鸟的好运而没想到早起的蟲子

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

中文 / Chinese：  快乐不只是拥有金钱；它在于成就的喜乐，创作的快感。

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. 

中文 / Chinese：  要抵达港口，我们一定要航行。航行，不是繫著锚，不是漂流。

If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.

中文 / Chinese：  大部份时间，假如你适当的对待人他们会适当的对待你。

 When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.  

中文 / Chinese：  当你来到绳的终结，紮一个结然後抓紧不放。

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. 

中文 / Chinese：  重复并不会把谎言变成真话。

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. 

中文 / Chinese：  我们和所有深深相信自由的人，宁愿站著死也不愿跪著活。

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. 

中文 / Chinese：  一个国家破坏土地等於毁灭自己

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

中文 / Chinese： 谁打算用一个宗教反对另外一个会摧毁所有宗教。

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. 

中文 / Chinese： 我们不能为青年建造未来，但我们能为未来培养青年。