In an attempt to find good things that happened today, I found this on infoplease.com:
December 19
1732: Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac.
1776: Thomas Paine published his first American Crisis essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."
1843: Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."
1946: War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.
1972: Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
1984: Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
1998: President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.
2003: Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.
Hmmm... mixed bag there. Funny enough, here was today's word quiz:
Young Turk
"Those kids are a bunch of Young Turks," grumbled the teacher. He was referring to students who were
a.) annoying little ankle biters who refused to settle down.
b.) impatient reformists who expected their old curmudgeon of a teacher adopt new ways, and to do it NOW.
c.) unfamiliar with study habits and research methods.
Wait a minute, I have to choose ONE?!? Where is "d.) All of the Above" ?