Today in History:

1786 - Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1949 - USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb

A Saint's Feast Day:  St. Candida

A martyr of the Ostian Way, Rome. Candida's remains are enshrined in St. Praxedes church, and were blessed by Pope St. Pasehal I in the ninth century. She was one of a group of martyrs
slain on the Ostian Way outside the gates of Rome.

Daily Quotes:

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so." -Douglas Adams

"Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play."
   -Immanuel Kant