August 9, 2023
QUOTE
There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.
--Daniel Keyes
BIRTHDAYS
1927 – Daniel Keyes, Short story writer and novelist
1927 – Robert Shaw, Actor and screenwriter
1943 – Ken Norton, Boxer and actor
1944 – Sam Elliott, Actor and producer
1957 – Melanie Griffith, Actress and producer
IN MEMORY
1932 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal
1969 – Sharon Tate, Model and actress
2003 – Gregory Hines, Actor, dancer, and choreographer
2008 – Bernie Mac, Comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1814 – The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
1936 – Summer Olympics: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
1944 – The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1945 – Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar.
1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.