Today’s WOTD – 27 September 2012

depone

[dih-pohn]

— verb
chiefly law, Scots law to declare (something) under oath; testify; depose

[from Latin dēpōnere to put down, from de- + pōnere to put, place]

Today’s quote

‘I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information’.

Irvine Welsh

On this day

27 September 1540 – The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius Loyola.

27 September 1660 – death of St Vincent de Paul, Catholic priest, born in France, who dedicated himself to serving the poor. Born 24 April 1581.

27 September 1722 – birth of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary and founding father. Died 2 October 1803.

27 September 1947 – birth of Marvin Lee Aday, American rocker – otherwise known as Meatloaf.

27 September 1961 – birth of Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer – ‘Train-spotting‘, ‘Ecstasy‘.

27 September 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cuban embassy in Mexico to apply for a Cuban visa. The embassy initially denies the visa, stating that the man was not Lee Harvey Oswald. The embassy said he would need Soviet approval. Following scrutiny from the KGB and CIA, and  intense debate between the Soviets, Cuba and Oswald (?) the visa was finally issued. Oswald, or the man purporting to be Oswald, never travelled to Cuba, but returned to the U.S. on 3 October 1963 … conspiracy, anyone?