Here are some Famous Quotes in history:

By Ray Kroc -- founder of McDonald's"I believe in God, family, and McDonald's -- and in the office, that order is reversed ( Read more... )

Mar 14 1932

George Eastman, the founder of Kodak Corporation, kills himself after a long illness. His suicide note states "To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?"

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Mar 14 1945

"I am going to jump into my grave laughing because the knowledge that I have the deaths of millions of people on my conscience is a source of extraordinary ( Read more... )

Mar 12 1888

The massive and unexpected Blizzard of 1888 strikes the East coast of the United States, paralyzing New York and many other cities and leaving at least 400 dead. Snowdrifts fifty feet high were reported, and New York received over 40 inches of snow.

Mar 12 1928

The two-year-old St. Francis Dam north of Los Angeles fails ( Read more... )

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We live in a slightly mad world.

Mar 10 1948

Czech foreign minister Jan Masaryk thrown from a window at his apartment in Prague under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled "suicide" and later by the communists, to have "fallen accidently while sitting in a yoga position on a window sill to combat insomnia". But most likely he was ( Read more... )

Congratulations. I hope it wasn't too hard not calling.

Mar 9 1995Jon Schmitz (straight) kills Scott Amedure (gay) three days after an appearance on the trashy Jenny Jones TV talk show, where Amedure admitted having a crush on Schmitz. Allegedly the two men had an affair that evening after the show, but the backlash from their rural community was going to be so severe that Schmitz panicked to defend his ( Read more... )

Mar 8 1968

A Soviet submarine sinks in the Pacific Ocean, killing all 97 crewmembers aboard. Later in the year a U.S. submarine secretly retrieves an encryption machine, codebooks, and nuclear warheads from the Soviet vessel. A further bold attempt is made in 1974 to bring up the entire submarine using the CIA ship Glomar Explorer, built by Howard ( Read more... )

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Mar 6 1836

Alamo seized by Santa Ana, 3,000 versus 147 not being a fair fight. The holdouts sufferered unnecessary deaths, disobeying direct orders by remaining, and losing their arms and cannon to The Mexicans.

Mar 6 1918

The US naval vessel "Cyclops" vanishes in the Bermuda Triangle.

Mar 6 1978Larry Flynt, publisher of the fine magazine ( Read more... )