February 14, 2023

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QUOTE

I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.

--Jack Benny

BIRTHDAYS

1882 – John Barrymore, Actor
1894 – Jack Benny, Actor and producer
1913 – Jimmy Hoffa, Trade union leader

IN MEMORY

1400 – Richard II, King of England
1969 – Vito Genovese, Mob boss

IN ON THIS DAY

1778 – The U.S. flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time., when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte fires a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1912 – Arizona is admitted as the 48th State.
2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students.

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