March 25, 2022
QUOTE
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
--Will Rogers
BIRTHDAYS
1918 – Howard Cosell, Soldier, journalist, and author
1928 – Jim Lovell, Captain, pilot, and astronaut
1946 – Stephen Hunter, Author and critic
1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress, producer, and designer
IN MEMORY
1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyō
1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., Baseball player, coach, and manager
2006 – Buck Owens, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
IN ON THIS DAY
1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
1655 – Christiaan Huygens discovers Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.
1957 – United States Customs confiscates copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” on obscenity grounds.
1979 –Space Shuttle Columbia is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.