October 16, 2023
QUOTE
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
--Oscar Wilde
BIRTHDAYS
1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet
1940 – Barry Corbin, Actor and producer
1947 – Bob Weir, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Tim Robbins, Actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor
IN MEMORY
1992 – Shirley Booth, Actress and singer
1997 – Audra Lindley, Actress
2007 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress
2010 – Barbara Billingsley, Actress
IN ON THIS DAY
1793 – Queen Marie Antoinette is executed.
1859 – John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1923 – The Walt Disney Company is founded.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis begins