This Day in History...
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Cologne Cathedral, lit up at night, and the Hohenzollern rail and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany.
Originally started in 1248, construction of the cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany—the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the city's major landmark—was finally completed on this day in 1880.
Today's Birthday...
Happy birthday to romance novelist Danielle Steel, who turns 60 today. The author of some 70 bestselling novels, Steel has had a book on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly 400 consecutive weeks; when her books reached 381 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, she received an entry in Guinness World Records. Steel wrote her first book when she was 19 years old. She still types on a 1946 Olympia manual typewriter.
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Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down." — Danielle Steel