May 26, 2023
QUOTE
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
--John Wayne
BIRTHDAYS
1886 – Al Jolson, Singer and actor
1907 – John Wayne, Actor, director, and producer
1920 – Peggy Lee, Singer-songwriter and actress
1923 – James Arness, Actor
1948 – Stevie Nicks, Singer-songwriter
IN MEMORY
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Edsel Ford, Businessman
2005 – Eddie Albert, Actor
2005 – Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products which produced Matchbox cars.
IN ON THIS DAY
1864 – Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1868 – The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
1896 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1923 – The first 24 Hours of Le Mans is held and has since been run annually in June.
1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles