THE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1836 – Charles Darwin returned to England after his “Heresy is another word for five-year voyage aboard freedom of thought.” the HMS Beagle, an ~ Graham Greene adventure that became the basis for The Origin of the Species. Happy Birthday! 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts, from Graham Greene (1904–1991) was the pen of Minneapolis cartoonist a renowned English novelist. The Charles Schulz, began on this day author of more than 25 novels and in seven U.S. newspapers. The strip screenplays explored many religious began with only three characters: and modern moral themes in his Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, work. Author William Golding called and Shermy. Greene “the ultimate chronicler of 20th century man’s consciousness 1952 – The Royal Canadian Navy and anxiety.” Greene’s most destroyer HMCS Iroquois was hit prominent books include The Power by artillery fire from Korean shore and the Glory, The End of the Affair, batteries, killing three sailors. They Our Man in Havana, and The Quiet were the only RCN casualties of the American. One of his earliest jobs Korean War. was as a film critic, and many of his novels were made into films. You Don’t Say! The annual Graham The Code of Hammurabi is a Greene International well-preserved Babylonian law of Festival is held in ancient Mesopotamia. The code his hometown of dictated the death penalty for many Berkhamsted—but criminals, including bartenders this year is cancelled who watered down beer. due to the pandemic. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN).