May 7, 2022
QUOTE
Night conceals a world but reveals a universe.
--Robert Browning
BIRTHDAYS
1774 – William Bainbridge, American commodore
1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright
1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer
1901 – Gary Cooper, Actor
1933 – Johnny Unitas, Football player and sportscaster
IN MEMORY
1014 – Bagrat III, 1st King of Georgia
1917 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot
2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Captain, actor, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1544 – The Burning of Edinburgh by an English army is the first action of the Rough Wooing.
1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded.
1864 – The world’s oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England.
1915 – The German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
1946 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
2000 – Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.