March 29, 2023
QUOTE
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette – the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
--John Tyler
BIRTHDAYS
1790 – John Tyler, lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States
1889 – Warner Baxter, Actor
1918 – Sam Walton, Businessman, founded Walmart
1955 – Earl Campbell, Football player and according to Minnifield one of the best 3 running backs ever
IN MEMORY
1912 – Robert Falcon Scott, English Explorer
2001 – John Lewis, Pianist and composer
2016 – Patty Duke, Actress
IN ON THIS DAY
845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders
1806 – Construction is authorized for the Cumberland Road, becoming the first federal highway.
1865 – Union forces under General Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1886 – John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
1973 – The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
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