June 14th

Since it's now the 14th, the SDE will post today's events since I'm still waiting for the RT.

It is the birth anniversary of Alois Alzheimer (1864) which is a good thing to know since his first name seems to pop up in crossword puzzles which is apparently a good thing to do to avoid getting what he described in 1907.

More importantly, it's the birth anniversary of John Bartlett (1820) whose last name, of course, was made famous by another Bartlett who constantly quotes himself in hopes of getting into the other Bartlett's book of quotations.

It's the birth anniversary of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811). If you've never read Uncle Tom's Cabin, try it. It's a powerful book. You'll see that the way Uncle Tom has come to be seen in our language is completely different from the way that he is in the book.