October 28, 2022
QUOTE
A little science estranges a man from God;
a lot of science brings him back.
--Francis Bacon
BIRTHDAYS
1793 – Eliphalet Remington, Businessman, founded Remington Arms
1909 – Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator
1930 – Bernie Ecclestone, Businessman
1944 – Dennis Franz, Actor
1967 – Julia Roberts, Actress and producer
IN MEMORY
1916 – Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace
2007 – Porter Wagoner, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
2010 – James MacArthur, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1420 – Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
1492 – Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.