August 3, 2023
QUOTE
For me war has become a flat, black depression without highlights, a revulsion of the mind and an exhaustion of the spirit.
--Ernie Pyle
BIRTHDAYS
1900 – Ernie Pyle, Soldier and journalist
1900 – John T. Scopes, Educator
1926 – Tony Bennett, Singer and actor
1940 – Martin Sheen, Actor and producer
1977 – Tom Brady, Football player
IN MEMORY
1966 – Lenny Bruce, Comedian, actor, and screenwriter
2007 – John Gardner, English author
2008 – Skip Caray, Sportscaster
2011 – Bubba Smith, Football player and actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1678 – Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers.