16 August 1954 August 15, 2013 Author: Staff The very first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Philosophers, for the most part, are constitutionally timid, and dislike the unexpected. Few of them would be genuinely happy as pirates or burglars. Accordingly they invent systems which make the future calculable, at least in its main outlines." Bertrand Russell — Click here for more from Bertrand Russell Related posts: 14 September 1954 22 April 1954 23 February 1954 Categories: History