August 26, 2022
QUOTE
When its 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.
--Neil Simon
BIRTHDAYS
1873 – Lee de Forest, Engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube
1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman
1906 – Albert Sabin, Physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine
1970 – Melissa McCarthy, Actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, Actor
IN MEMORY
1930 – Lon Chaney, Actor, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Charles Lindbergh, Pilot and explorer
1989 – Irving Stone, Author
2018 – Neil Simon, Playwright and author
IN ON THIS DAY
1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1944 – During World War 2 Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.