April 19, 2022
QUOTE
You’re on earth. There’s no cure for that.
--Samuel Beckett
BIRTHDAYS
1889 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian born Führer of Nazi Germany
1904 – Bruce Cabot, Actor
1927 – Phil Hill, American race car driver
1941 – Ryan O’Neal, Actor
1945 – Steve Spurrier, Football player and head coach, 1966 Heisman Trophy winner
1949 – Jessica Lange, Actress
1961 – Don Mattingly, Baseball player, coach, and manager
IN MEMORY
1558 – Johannes Bugenhagen, German priest and theologian
1769 – Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader
1899 – Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator
1946 – Mae Busch, Australian actress
1992 – Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
IN ON THIS DAY
1496 – After his return from the New World Christopher Columbus entered the court of his sponsors King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
1836 – U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1861 – Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1898 – President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims. 1946 – The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico.