THIS DAY IN HISTORY JAN. 24

     On January 24, 1965 former Prime Minister of Great Britain,Winston Churchill, died in London at age 90.  With his ever present cigar in hand, Churchill was a strong leader who didn’t back down from a fight (either from the Nazis or even from Ireland, whose neutral stance during WWII at times hindered the efforts of the Allies). One of history’s greatest orators, his energy and his stubborn public refusal to make peace until Adolf Hitler was crushed were crucial in rallying and maintaining British resistance to Germany during the  especially challenging years from 1940 to 1942. Would that all leaders had his cajones.