August 19, 2022
QUOTE
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
--Fred Thompson
BIRTHDAYS
1871 – Orville Wright, Engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company
1921 – Gene Roddenberry, Screenwriter and producer
1931 – Bill Shoemaker, Jockey and author
1942 – Fred Thompson, Actor, lawyer, and politician
1946 – Bill Clinton, Lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States
IN MEMORY
1895 – John Wesley Hardin, Old West outlaw, gunfighter
1975 – Mark Donohue, Race car driver and engineer
1977 – Groucho Marx, Comedian and actor
2016 – Jack Riley, Actor and voice artist
IN ON THIS DAY
1782 – The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
1812 – American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
1854 – The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
1909 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for automobile racing.
1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
2004 – Google Inc. has its initial public offering on Nasdaq.