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"If tigers could write books, they would say, the man was created for them and that man is a most sinful animal because he does not allow him to catch him easily." -- Swami Vivekananda (b, 1863-01-12, d. 1902-07-04)

A lot happens on this date. It's Chinese New Year (year of the tiger), the start of Black history Month in the US, Imbolc in the northern hemisphere, Saint Brigid's Day, the anniversary of the US Supreme Court (1790), the anniversary of the publication of the first volume (A to Ant) of The Oxford English Dictionary (original title: A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by The Philological Society) (1884), the anniversary of the first Voice of America broadcast (1942), the anniversary of the first Greensboro sit-in (1960), and the anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2003). So, a lot to choose from in picking a tone & theme for today's quotation. A happy Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day, or Chinese New Year to everyone celebrating one or more of those!

Today is
Gregorian: 2022 February 01 -- St. Brigid's Day, Imbolc
Julian: 2022 January 19
Hebrew: 5782 Shevat 30 (the first day of Adar I starts at sundown -- it's a leap year, so there will two months named Adar this year, Adar I and Adar II)
Islamic: 1443 Jumada Al-Akhirah 29
Persian: 1400 Bahman 13
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.9.4.10
Indian (civil): 1943 Magha 13
Coptic: 1738 Tobi 24