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Birthdays occurring on January, 12
| 1876 |
Jack London was born on January 12, 1876
American short-story writer and novelist whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. One of the most extensively translated of American authors. 1876-1916I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. More quotations from Jack London |  |
| 1878 |
Ferenc Molnar was born on January 12, 1878
Asked how he became a writer: In the same way that a woman becomes a prostitute. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and finally I did it for money. More quotations from Ferenc Molnar |
| 1880 |
John L. Lewis was born on January 12, 1880
president of the UMWA from 1920-1960, 1880-1969Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America. More quotations from John L. Lewis |  |
Deaths occurring on January, 12
| 1665 |
Pierre de Fermat died on January 12, 1665
French mathematician, 1601-1665It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain. More quotations from Pierre de Fermat |
| 1867 |
Victor Cousin died on January 12, 1867
French educatioanl reformer, philosopher and historian. 1792-1867All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things More quotations from Victor Cousin |  |
| 1947 |
Walter Gilbert died on January 12, 1947
I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background. More quotations from Walter Gilbert |
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