October 10, 2023
QUOTE
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
--John Prine
BIRTHDAYS
1900 – Helen Hayes, Actress
1924 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author
1941 – Peter Coyote, Actor, director, and screenwriter
1946 – John Prine, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Tanya Tucker, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN MEMORY
1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian author and poet
1913 – Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch
1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian actor
1985 – Orson Welles, Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2004 – Christopher Reeve, Actor, producer, and activist
IN ON THIS DAY
1492 – The crew of Christopher Columbus’s ship, the Santa Maria, attempt a mutiny.
1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
1913 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Komla Agbeli Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
2002 – The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.