October 14, 2023
QUOTE
No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower
BIRTHDAYS
1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, General and politician, 34th President of the United States
1893 – Lillian Gish, Actress
1894 – E. E. Cummings, Poet and playwright
1900 – W. Edwards Deming, Statistician, author, and academic
1927 – Roger Moore, English actor and producer
1952 – Harry Anderson, Actor and screenwriter
IN MEMORY
1959 – Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer
1977 – Bing Crosby, Singer-songwriter and actor
1990 – Leonard Bernstein, Pianist, composer, and conductor
2006 – Freddy Fender, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN ON THIS DAY
1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland’s independence.
1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1912 – Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
1968 – The first live television broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
1968 – Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.