August 5, 2022
QUOTE
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
--Neil Armstrong
BIRTHDAYS
1930 – Neil Armstrong, Pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1945 – Loni Anderson, Actress
1961 – Tim Wilson, Comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1970 – James Gunn, Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
IN MEMORY
1063 – Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1881 – Spotted Tail, Brule Lakota tribal chief
1968 – Luther Perkins, Guitarist
1984 – Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America.
1689 – Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
1861 – In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1882 – Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, today known as ExxonMobil, is established officially.
1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage “baby-boomers” by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.