March 11, 2023
QUOTE
Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.
--Richard E. Byrd
BIRTHDAYS
1738 – Benjamin Tupper, American general
1885 – Malcolm Campbell, Race car driver
1903 – Lawrence Welk, Bandleader and accordion player
IN MEMORY
1898 – William Rosecrans, General and politician
1955 – Oscar F. Mayer, Founder of Oscar Mayer
1957 – Richard E. Byrd, Admiral and explorer
IN ON THIS DAY
1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1861 – The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 along the eastern seaboard of the United States kills more than 400 people.
1927 –Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre in New York City.
1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.