September 1, 2022
QUOTE
She Got The Gold Mine, I Got the Shaft.
--Jerry Reed
IN MEMORY
1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer
1923 – Rocky Marciano, Boxer
1931 – Boxcar Willie, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1933 – Conway Twitty, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Lily Tomlin, Actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1838 – William Clark, Soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory
1998 – Cary Middlecoff, Golfer and sportscaster
2008 – Jerry Reed, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
2015 – Dean Jones, Actor and singer
2015 – Ben Kuroki, Sergeant and pilot
ON THIS DAY
1449 – The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (still holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour.
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.