July 29, 2022
QUOTE
Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, “God in us.”
--Ken Burns
BIRTHDAYS
1905 – Clara Bow, Actress
1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification
1924 – Robert Horton, Actor
1941 – David Warner, English actor
1953 – Ken Burns, Director and producer
1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician
IN MEMORY
1974 – Cass Elliot, Singer
1983 – David Niven, English military officer and actor
2007 – Tom Snyder, Journalist and talk show host
IN ON THIS DAY
1901 – Land lottery begins in Oklahoma.
1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
1957 – Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC beginning the modern day talk show.
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.