August 10, 2023
QUOTE
If something is easy to repair, it is easy to construct.
--Leo Fender
BIRTHDAYS
1874 – Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
1889 – Charles Darrow, Game designer, created Monopoly
1909 – Leo Fender, Businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
1928 – Jimmy Dean, Singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company
1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN MEMORY
1932 – Rin Tin Tin, Dog
2008 – Isaac Hayes, Singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
2015 – Buddy Baker, Stockcar driver and sportscaster
IN ON THIS DAY
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
1776 – Word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.