October 24, 2016: Westphalia is in another land

October 24 in history (via Wikipedia)

1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.

Countries, or nation-states as we know them now didn't really exist before this, so this is huge in history. But I have to admit: I don't know where Westphalia is.

1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.

What should have been a deep but brief depression became Great because Presidents Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt tried to "do something" about it.

1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.

Oops.

Birthday Quotes

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

"Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases." 

- Stephen Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012)

Happy Birthday Bill Wyman! Of all the songs you wrote with the Rolling Stones, this has to be in the top 2: