Marshall, Texas, is a major cultural and educational center in Northeast
Texas, located near the Louisiana and Arkansas borders in the Ark-La-Tex
region. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of
23,935. The county seat of Harrison County, the city is known for its
Civil War, railroad, and civil rights movement history, for holding one
of the largest light festivals in the United States, the Wonderland of
Lights, and, as the self-proclaimed Pottery Capital of the World, for
its sizable pottery industry. It is also known variously as the
Cultural Capital of East Texas, the Gateway of Texas, the Athens of
Texas, and the City of Seven Flags. Read the rest of this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%2C_Texas
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Today's selected anniversaries:
435:
Nestorius, the originator of Nestorianism, was exiled by Byzantine
Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius)
1916:
Sir Roger Casement was hanged for his role in the Easter Rising in
Ireland. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Casement)
1923:
Calvin Coolidge was inaugurated as the 30th President of the United
States, succeeding Warren G. Harding.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge)
1940:
World War II: Approximately 175,000 Italian troops invaded British
Somaliland, beginning the East African Campaign.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Campaign)
1948:
Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet
spy. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker_Chambers)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human
life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon
other planets throughout the universe. It is only of life on Earth,
however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all
life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose." --
Clifford D. Simak (
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak)