November 28, 2023
QUOTE
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
--William Blake
BIRTHDAYS
1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter
1943 – Randy Newman, singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
1949 – Paul Shaffer, Singer, keyboard player, and bandleader
1950 – Ed Harris, Actor and producer
1959 – Judd Nelson, Actor and screenwriter
IN MEMORY
1939 – James Naismith, Physician and educator, created basketball
1983 – Christopher George, Actor
1993 – Garry Moore, comedian, television personality, and game show host
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Actor and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1520 – An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license.
1785 – The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
1814 – The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press.
1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
1958 – First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.