July 7, 2023
QUOTE
Whenever you correct someone’s grammar just remember that nobody likes you.
--Jim Gaffigan
BIRTHDAYS
1924 – Mary Ford, Singer and guitarist
1940 – Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
1949 – Shelley Duvall, Actress, writer, and producer
1966 – Jim Gaffigan, Comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
2021 – Robert Downey Sr., Actor and director. Father of Robert Downey Jr.
IN MEMORY
1307 – Edward I, king of England
1973 – Veronica Lake, Actress
2006 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN ON THIS DAY
1863 – The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
1898 – US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
1946 – Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1958 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.