On the 13th of November
… in 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Franklin died the following year.
… in 1940, the Disney film Fantasia premiered.
… in 1977, the comic strip “Li’l Abner” ended.
… in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington was dedicated.
Joe Mantegna is 60 today, Chris Noth is 53, Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg is 52, Vinny Testaverde is 44, and Jimmy Kimmel is 40.
Louis Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856. He served on the Supreme Court from 1916-1939.
For Brandeis, law was a device to shape social, economic, and political affairs. Law had to operate on the basis of two key assumptions: that the individual was the basic force in society and that the individual had limited capabilities. Brandeis did not seek to coddle the individual; rather, he sought to stretch individual potential to its limit.