Monday, January 09, 2006

14th November

On the 14th November 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
On the 14th November 1840 Claude Monet was born.
On the 14th November 1982, Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity movement returned home, having been released from jail. He had been imprisoned as part of a crack down against the Solidarity movement, by the communists. In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1990 he became Poland's first democratically elected leader.
On the 14th November 1989 I was born, just 5 days after the Berlin Wall fell.
The 14th November, just one of 365 day in a year.

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