Feb 4
QUOTE
The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.
--Frank Zappa
BIRTHDAYS
1677 Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer.
1902 Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer.
1913 Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist.
1948 Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter.
IN MEMORY
1983 Karen Carpenter, American singer
1987 Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist
IN ON THIS DAY
1846 The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
1861 In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
1941 The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.