August 1, 2022
QUOTE
I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.
--Wilford Brimley
BIRTHDAYS
1770 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory
1779 – Francis Scott Key, Lawyer, author, and poet
1931 – Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1933 – Dom DeLuise, Actor, singer, director, and producer
1942 – Jerry Garcia, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN MEMORY
30 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician
1903 – Calamity Jane, Frontierswoman and scout
1977 – Francis Gary Powers, Captain and pilot
1980 – Strother Martin, Actor
2020 – Wilford Brimley, Actor and singer
IN ON THIS DAY
1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
1620 – Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1893 – Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
1911 – Harriet Quimby takes her pilot’s test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator’s certificate.
1976 – Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring.