This Week in History: Words to Remember
From March 7 through March 13:
1790 After considerable time, Benjamin Franklin penned his religious creed: “I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable Service we render to him is doing good to his other children.”
1841 Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: “… the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.”
1876 Alexander Graham Bell uttered the first words ever spoken over a telephone: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
1913 William Knox, in Toledo, Ohio, bowled the first perfect 300 game in an American Bowling Congress tournament. [I am still searching for a record of his words on this occasion . What did say to mark the moment?]
1922 Birthday of Lane Kirkland, US labor leader: “If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it to themselves.”
1930 Pluto was announced as a new planet.
1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first radio fireside chat.
1961 President John F. Kennedy announced the formation of the Alliance for Progress, promoting Latin American countries.
1976 By Henry Kissinger: “Americans have always made history rather than let history chart our course.”