Today is Wednesday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2020. In 1919, in Boston, a tank containing an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, sending the dark syrup coursing through the city's North End, killing 21 people. In 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta. In 1973, President Richard M. Nixon announced the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, citing progress in peace negotiations. Thought for Today: "A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan."

Source: Libya Today January 06, 2020 15:22 UTC