MORNing Peepers,

Historybook: World famous magician Harry Houdini born (1874); RIP author Jules Verne (1905); Dorothy Height, civil and women’s rights activist, born (1912); Happy 70th, 1440 reader Bill Shotto (1952); Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground, eventually spills 11 million gallons of oil (1989).

"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition, he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

- Dorothy Height