April 29, 2022
QUOTE
God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.
--Willie Nelson
BIRTHDAYS
1899 – Duke Ellington, Pianist, composer, and bandleader
1933 – Willie Nelson, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, Comedian, actor, and producer
1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, Actress
IN MEMORY
1920 – William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker
1937 – William Gillette, American actor and playwright
1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer
2015 – Calvin Peete, American golfer
IN ON THIS DAY
1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay.
1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A is discovered by James Dunlop.
1852 – Roget’s Thesaurus, created by Peter Roget, was released.
1945 – HMS Goodall is torpedoed by a U-boat becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.
1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.