August 12, 2023
QUOTE
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
--Ian Fleming
BIRTHDAYS
1910 – Jane Wyatt, Actress
1927 – Porter Wagoner, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1929 – Buck Owens, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – George Hamilton, Actor
1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
IN MEMORY
1827 – William Blake, English poet and painter
1964 – Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author
1982 – Henry Fonda, Actor
2007 – Merv Griffin, Actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
2009 – Les Paul, Guitarist and songwriter
IN ON THIS DAY
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.