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 61 today, Chris Noth is 54, Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg is 53 (birth name Caryn Elaine Johnson), Vinny Testaverde is 45, and Jimmy Kimmel is 41.
One of America’s oldest high school kids, Taylor McKessie is 28 today. That’s actress Monique Coleman of High School Musical.
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.