05 August 1884: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe’s Island.
05 August 1914: The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
05 August 1962: Marilyn Monroe died.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
- Orson Welles
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.
- Russell Baker