JAN 27
QUOTE
You don’t lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.
--Muhammad Ali
BIRTHDAYS
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
1921 Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
IN MEMORY
1596 – Francis Drake, English captain and explorer
1993 – André the Giant, Professional wrestler and actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”.
1880 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.