September 4, 2023
QUOTE
Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
--Steve Irwin
BIRTHDAYS
1917 – Henry Ford II, Businessman
1918 – Paul Harvey, Radio host
1928 – Dick York, Actor
1981 – Beyoncé, Singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
IN MEMORY
1991 – Dottie West, Singer-songwriter and actress
2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host
2014 – Joan Rivers, Comedian, television host, and author
2021 – Willard Scott, Weather presenter and television personality
IN ON THIS DAY
1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1886 – After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.