This Week in History: International Notes/Quotes on Communication
From February 14 through February 20:
1748 Birthday of English economist Jeremy Bentham: “Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.”
1792 US President George Washington signed the first Postal Service Act.
1800 Known as the Irish Demosthenes, Henry Grattan rose to make this observation in the Irish Parliament: “There are time when the insignificance of the accuser is lost in the magnitude of the accusation.”
1887 From US President Grover Cleveland: “While the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its functions do not include the support of the people.”
1895 Birthday of gifted athlete George Gipp, who became a legend following his early death. He inspired Ronald Reagan’s famous call to action: “Win one for the Gipper.”
1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigned as US District Judge in Illinois so he could devote all of his time to baseball. (He had been named the Commissioner of Baseball two years previously.)
1938 Anthony Eden resigned as Foreign Secretary of Great Britain to protest Prime Minister Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany.
1952 The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the first Emmy award.