State Technical College of Missouri Library

05/31/2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
-John F. Kennedy (President, 1917-1963)

05/24/2022

TODAY IN HISTORY:

After 14 years, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River opens, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of

05/24/2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind."
-Johannes Brahms (Composer, 1833-1897)

05/13/2022

05/13/2022

TODAY IN HISTORY:

On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas. Under

05/13/2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"We don't stop going to school when we graduate."
-Carol Burnett (Actress, b April 26, 1933)

05/12/2022

TODAY IN HISTORY:

On May 12, 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City,

05/12/2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"He who angers you conquers you."
-Elizabeth Kenny (Celebrity, 1880-1952)

05/11/2022

TODAY IN HISTORY:

On May 11, 1934, a massive storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the United States as far east as New

05/10/2022

TODAY IN HISTORY:

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line

05/10/2022

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."
-Robert Green Ingersoll (Lawyer, 1833-1899)