Everyone is someone and someone is something to everyone. Just what that something is to one makes who you are to that someone and it not always mutual. Sometimes it's permanent and other times not so. Sometimes you get to pick and a few times you don't.
“A good man is always learning,” is an old Latin Proverb. Sages and thinkers since the days of the first schools thousands of years ago have recognized the importance of education in shaping and informing the minds of students from their earliest lessons and throughout their lives. Leaders of schools and colleges play a special role in developing the culture of a learning community. One such education leader in Arkansas, John Brown Watson, became an important figure in shaping the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and strengthening its reputation as a college.
* On July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment at Lochleven Castle in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her 1-year-old son, later crowned King James VI of Scotland. In 1542, while just 6 days old, Mary had ascended to the Scottish throne upon the death of her father, King James V.
To achieve the heights of a profession often takes hard work and determination. Sometimes it is achieved entirely by accident. And this was the case with the bizarre governorship of Xenophon O. Pindall, who served for nearly two years as acting governor. Pindall was born in Monroe County, Missouri, in 1873. It is a very rural county most well-known for being the birthplace of famed author Mark Twain. His father was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and an attorney. At a young age, the family relocated to Desha County, Arkansas. His childhood was one marked with tragedy. He watched his three brothers all die in childhood.
* On July 15, 1606, the great Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is born in Leiden. Rembrandt completed more than 600 paintings, many of them portraits or self-portraits. By the age of 22, he was accomplished enough to take on his own students.
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