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[Biography of the Day] from [Britannica]
August 15
T.E. Lawrence
Born this day in 1888 was T.E. Lawrence, also called Lawrence of Arabia, best known for his legendary activities in the Middle East during World War I, which he recounted in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926).

[On This Day] from [Britannica]
August 15
1914: Panama Canal opened to traffic
After some 10 years of work, the Panama Canal was opened to ships on this day in 1914 under the control of the United States, which continued to operate the canal until December 31, 1999, when it passed to Panama.

1971: Bahrain proclaimed independence from Great Britain.

1960: The Republic of the Congo gained independence from France.

1948: Syngman Rhee announced the establishment of the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

1935: American entertainers Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.

1769: Napoleon, future emperor of France, was born on the island of Corsica.

1534: St. Ignatius of Loyola led companions, who would become cofounders of the Jesuit order, to Montmartre, Paris, where the first Jesuits took their vows.

1057: Macbeth, king of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, eldest son of Duncan I.


[Today's Word] from [Dr. Kazuo Iwata]
August 15
I always kike to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything but good.
    Will Rogers (died this day in 1935)

私はいつも、人が自分の話をするのを聞くのが好きである。
Watashi-wa itsumo, hito-ga jibun-no hanashi-wo suru-nowo kiku-noga suki-de-aro.
何しろ人間、自分のことを言うときは良いことしか言わないから。
Nanishiro ningen, jibun-no-koto-wo iu-toki-wa yoi-koto shika iwanai-kara.


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