June 21, 2022
QUOTE
To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.
--Charles Krauthammer
BIRTHDAYS
1925 – Maureen Stapleton, Actress
1947 – Michael Gross, Actor
1950 – Joey Kramer, Drummer and songwriter
1951 – Nils Lofgren, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Chris Pratt, Actor
IN MEMORY
1940 – Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient
2001 – John Lee Hooker, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
2007 – Bob Evans, Businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants
2018 – Charles Krauthammer, Columnist and political commentator
IN ON THIS DAY
1788 – New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
1942 – Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner.
1942 –A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland.
1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.