July 10. 2022
QUOTE
Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to receive
--John Calvin
BIRTHDAYS
1509 – John Calvin, French pastor and theologian
1856 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer
1920 – David Brinkley, Journalist
1922 – Jake LaMotta, Boxer and actor
1947 – Arlo Guthrie, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
IN MEMORY
1978 – John D. Rockefeller III, Businessman and philanthropist, founded the Asia Society
1989 – Mel Blanc, Voice actor
2015 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state
1938 – Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
1942 –An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft’s flight characteristics.
1962 – Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
1991 – Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
2019 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico.