April 28, 2022
QUOTE
“It’s a different generation, kid. Back then, people interacted with each other, they were patriotic, they cared about their community, shared what little they had. Today everybody’s separate.”
--William Guarnere
BIRTHDAYS
1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
1878 – Lionel Barrymore, Actor and director
1908 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman
1923 – William Guarnere, Sergeant, Easy Company, 101st Airborne
1926 – Harper Lee, Novelist
1941 – Ann-Margret, Actress, singer, and dancer
IN MEMORY
1865 – Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line
1883 – John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder
1945 – Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy
1970 – Ed Begley, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1789 – The Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead
1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.