quotation: “A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use,…”

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

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Building of Hoover Dam begins, 1930

American Revolution

Battle of Hubbardton, 1777

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Stock car driver Kenny Irwin Jr. dies in crash, 2000

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Kit Carson’s campaign against the Indians, 1863

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Mary Surratt is first woman executed by U.S. federal government, 1865

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The impeachment of Senator Blount, 1797

U.S. occupies Iceland, 1941

Female cadets enrolled at West Point, 1976

O’Connor nominated to Supreme Court, 1981

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Johnny Depp stars in second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, 2006

Literary

Birthday of Sherlock Holmes’ sidekick, Dr. Watson, 1852

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“The Stripper,” by David Rose, becomes the #1 pop hit in America, 1962

Old West

Warren Earp killed in Arizona, 1900

Presidential

Future President Jimmy Carter marries, 1946

Sports

Jim Thorpe begins Olympic triathlon, 1912

Vietnam War

China announces it will provide aid to Hanoi, 1955

New ambassador arrives in Saigon, 1964

First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam, 1969

World War I

British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps is officially established, 1917

World War II

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quotation: …when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Arthur Conan Doyle

…when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

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quotation: “You see, but you do not observe.” Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

You see, but you do not observe.

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QUOTATION: Arthur Conan Doyle

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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QUOTATION: Arthur Conan Doyle

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

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Quotation: Arthur Conan Doyle about exceptions

I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.

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Quotation: Arthur Conan Doyle about LIFE

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

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Quotation: Arthur Conan Doyle

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES – (adventures 1-2)

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Sir Basil Rathbone (1892)

Rathbone was a British actor who made his film debut in the 1920s. With his distinctive voice and gaunt appearance, he was cast as a villain in several swashbuckling movies. He won praise for his roles inRomeo and Juliet and If I Were King, but he became best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes in a series of films beginning with 1939’sThe Hound of the Baskervilles. Why did his English family have to flee South Africa when he was just three years old? More… Discuss