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Forum SideBar for July 27, 2010

Posted on Jul 26, 2010 in Opinion

Quote of the Week
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
- Salvador Dali

This Week in History
July 27, 1996
In Atlanta, Georgia, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park. Months later, Eric Robert Rudolph is positively identified as the culprit.

July 28, 1978
National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi, opens in U.S. theaters.

July 29, 1958
The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space.

July 30, 2003
The last of 21,529,464 Volkswagen Beetles built since World War II rolls off the production line at Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico.

Kaleidoscope Archives
10 years ago this week …
The UAB police department receives high marks, recommendation for re-accreditation in performance evaluation.




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