Fact of the Day

Enric Marco, a Catalan mechanic, was a prominent public face of Spanish survivors of the Holocaust for decades, until his story was revealed to be a lie.

Today in History

1775 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms Congress issues the "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms", written by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson and lists American grievances but denies any intent to be independent

Today's Birthdays

1942 Izora Rhodes Armstead

1747 Coelestin Jungbauer

1956 Casey Sander