9 January 1947 January 8, 2012 Author: Staff The Black Dahlia (Elizabeth “Betty” Short) is last seen alive. Famous Words of Inspiration..."It is largely because the free-thinkers, as a school, have hardly made up their minds whether they want to be more optimist or more pessimist than Christianity that their small but sincere movement has failed. For the duel is deadly; and any agnostic who wishes to be anything more than a Nihilist must sympathize with one version of nature or the other." GK Chesterton — Click here for more from GK Chesterton Related posts: 2 November 1947 25 November 1947 29 November 1947 29 December 1778 Categories: History Tags: 1947, 9 January