Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. – John C. Maxwell

LODD’s:

Dec 23, 2011

Career fire fighter dies during fire-fighting operations at a multi-family residential structure fire – Massachusetts.

Dec 23, 1995

Fire fighter receives severe electrical shock causing cardiac complications, forcing his retirement, and eventually causing his death – Massachusetts.

Dec 23, 2000

Fire fighter dies at house fire – New Hampshire.

History:

December 23, 1947 – The transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, who shared the Nobel Prize for their invention which sparked a worldwide revolution in electronics.