July 12, 2022
QUOTE
A bell’s not a bell ’til you ring it, A song’s not a song ’til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love isn’t love ’til you give it away!
--Oscar Hammerstein II
BIRTHDAYS
100 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general
1817 – Henry David Thoreau, Essayist, poet, and philosopher
1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II, Director, producer, and songwriter
1908 – Milton Berle, Comedian and actor
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, Author and screenwriter
1943 – Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter and keyboard player
IN MEMORY
1850 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer
1910 – Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited
1934 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor
1973 – Lon Chaney, Jr., Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1776 – Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
1801 – British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London’s Marquee Club
1967 – Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.