September 21, 2023
QUOTE
Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.
--Chuck Jones
BIRTHDAYS
1866 – H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic
1912 – Chuck Jones, Animator, producer, and screenwriter
1931 – Larry Hagman, Actor, director, and producer
1950 – Bill Murray, Actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Faith Hill, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
IN MEMORY
1904 – Chief Joseph, Leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce
19 BC – Virgil, Roman poet
1947 – Harry Carey, Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Walter Brennan, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1780 – Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1953 – Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world’s fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
2003 – The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter’s atmosphere.