October 2, 2023
QUOTE
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
--Groucho Marx
BIRTHDAYS
1452 – Richard III of England
1890 – Groucho Marx, Comedian and actor
1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, Pilot and engineer
1945 – Don McLean, Singer-songwriter
1970 – Kelly Ripa, Actress and talk show host
IN MEMORY
1803 – Samuel Adams, Politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1973 – Paul Hartman, Actor and dancer
1985 – Rock Hudson, Actor
1998 – Gene Autry, Actor, singer, and guitarist
2017 – Tom Petty, Musician
IN ON THIS DAY
1789 – The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification
1942 – The ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court
1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton
2019 – A privately-owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven