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The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.
Benjamin Carson, Scientist (1951) |
Pete Cashmore, Businessman (1985) |
Debbi Fields, Businesswoman (1956) |
June Foray, Actress (1917) |
James Gandolfini, Actor (1961) |
Greta Garbo, Actress (1905) |
Samuel Johnson, Author (1709) |
Alexander Bain, Philosopher (1903) |
Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1783) |
Dag Hammarskjold, Diplomat (1961) |
Gwen John, Artist (1939) |
Corita Kent, Artist (1986) |
John Langdon, Politician (1819) |
Robert N. Lee, Writer (1964) |