April 30, 2023
QUOTE
Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
--Larry Niven
BIRTHDAYS
1925 – Johnny Horton, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1926 – Cloris Leachman, Actress and comedian
1938 – Larry Niven, Author and screenwriter
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, Actress
IN MEMORY
1900 – Casey Jones, Railroad engineer
1936 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar
1974 – Agnes Moorehead, Actress
1983 – Muddy Waters, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader
IN ON THIS DAY
311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration and named him admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.
1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1897 – J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.[3]
1943 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours
2009 – Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.