August 21, 2023
QUOTE
It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.
--Wilt Chamberlain
BIRTHDAYS
1754 – William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting
1904 – Count Basie, Pianist, composer, and bandleader
1906 – Friz Freleng, Animator, director, and producer
1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball player and coach
1938 – Kenny Rogers, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
IN MEMORY
1940 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army
1974 – Buford Pusser, Police officer
2012 – William Thurston, Mathematician and academic
2013 – Sid Bernstein, Record
IN ON THIS DAY
1680 – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
1770 – James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1878 – The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.