March 19, 2022
QUOTE
Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I am turned off by humorless fanaticism, whether it’s revolutionary mumbo-jumbo by a young one, or loud lessons from scripture by and old one. We are all comical, touching, slapstick animals, walking on our hind legs, trying to make it a noble journey from womb to tomb, and the people who can’t see it all that way bore hell out of me.
John D. MacDonald
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BIRTHDAYS
1813 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer
1848 – Wyatt Earp, American law man
1860 – William Jennings Bryan, Lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State
1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
IN MEMORY
1982 Randall William Rhoads, Guitarist
2005 – John DeLorean, Engineer and auto executive, founded the DeLorean Motor Company
IN ON THIS DAY
1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1831 – First documented bank heist on U.S. history, $245,000 stolen from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Roughly $8,000,000 in todays dollar value.
1918 – The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1945 – A dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Terribly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.