April 18, 2022
QUOTE
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
--Oscar Wilde
BIRTHDAYS
1857 – Clarence Darrow, American lawyer
1863 – Siegfried Bettmann, founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company
1947 – James Woods, Actor and producer
1953 – Rick Moranis, Actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
1963 – Conan O’Brien, American television host, comedian, and podcaster
IN MEMORY
1938 – George Bryant, Archer
1945 – Ernie Pyle, Journalist and soldier
1955 – Albert Einstein, Physicist, engineer, and academic
1986 – Marcel Dassault, French businessman, founded Dassault Aviation
2012 – Dick Clark, Television host and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1775 – Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of British troop movements.
1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
1912 – The Cunard liner Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the Titanic to New York City.