April 24, 2022
QUOTE
Well, I expected to lose my leg, sir, but not all the way up to the neck.
--Lt. William Bush
BIRTHDAYS
1970 – Roger “Soaphole” Newkirk, Brand Inspector, Sheepherder, Cowboy, Rancher, Pilot, Aerial Gunner, Cabin Builder, Mechanic, Welder, Plumber, Heavy Equipment Operator, Blacksmith, Ferrier, Saddle Bronco Rider, Saddle Builder, Humorist, Bourbon Connoisseur, Hornblower Enthusiast,, Stunt Driver (Bronco ll only), GoPro Savant, Celebrity, Co-founder of Rock River Radio and a damned good neighbor to have.
1743 – Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom
1936 – Jill Ireland, English Actress
1942 – Barbra Streisand, Singer, actress, activist, and producer
1945 – Doug Clifford, Drummer and songwriter for CCR
1955 – Michael O’Keefe, Actor
1982 – Kelly Clarkson, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
IN MEMORY
1731 – Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy
1961 – Lee Moran, Actor, director and screenwriter
1967 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut
1974 – Bud Abbott, Comedian and producer
2004 – Estée Lauder, Businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies
IN ON THIS DAY
1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.
1895 – Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop “Spray”.
1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
1953 – Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open.
1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.