April 19, 2023
QUOTE
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
--Lord Byron
BIRTHDAYS
1922 – Erich Hartmann, German colonel and pilot
1935 – Dudley Moore, Actor, comedian, and pianist
1937 – Elinor Donahue, Actress
1946 – Tim Curry, Actor and singer
IN MEMORY
1813 – Benjamin Rush, Physician and educator
1824 – Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright
1882 – Charles Darwin, Biologist and theorist
2012 – Levon Helm, Musician and actor
2021 – Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States
IN ON THIS DAY
1770 – Captain James Cook, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia
1775 – The American Revolutionary War begins with an American victory in Concord
1782 – John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy
1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.