9 April 1957 Posted on April 8, 2012 by Staff The Suez Canal in Egypt opens to shipping. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Drug testing is very big in football. This is because football players are Role Models for young people. All you young people out there want to grow up and have enormous necks and get knee operations as often as haircuts. That's why the people in charge of football don't want you to associate it with drugs. They want you to associate it with alcohol." Dave Barry — Click here for more from Dave Barry Related posts: 8 November 1957 22 January 1957 16 February 1957 15 August 1914