April 6, 2022
QUOTE
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
--Benjamin Franklin
BIRTHDAYS
1890 – Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft
1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company
1923 – Herb Thomas, Stockcar driver
1937 – Merle Haggard, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Paul Rudd, Actor
1992 – William Lentjes – Architect, Artist, Minnifield’s namesake
IN MEMORY
1992 – Isaac Asimov, Science fiction writer
1998 – Tammy Wynette, Singer-songwriter
2011 – Gerald Finnerman, Director and cinematographer
2016 – Merle Haggard, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
2015 – Ray Charles, Singer-songwriter and conductor
2017 – Don Rickles, Actor and comedian
IN ON THIS DAY
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato at the Battle of Thapsus.
1652 –Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope that eventually becomes Cape Town.
1862 – The Battle of Shiloh begins in Tennessee.
1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius.
1917 – The United States declares war on Germany.
1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.