May 17, 2022
QUOTE
People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it’s worth it, and it’s a great thing.
--Sugar Ray Leonard
BIRTHDAYS
1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher
1936 – Dennis Hopper, Actor and director
1955 – Bill Paxton, Actor and director
1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxer
IN MEMORY
1336 – Go-Fushimi, emperor of Japan
1886 – John Deere, Blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company
1992 – Lawrence Welk, Accordion player and bandleader
2004 – Tony Randall, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1756 – The Seven Years’ War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
1900 –The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.