February 19, 2022
QUOTE
The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.
Cindy Crawford
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BIRTHDAYS
BIRTHDAYS
1473 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer
1924 – Lee Marvin, Actor
1940 – Smokey Robinson, Singer-songwriter and producer
IN MEMORY
IN MEMORY
1936 – Billy Mitchell, General and pilot
1945 – John Basilone who won a Congressional Medal of Honor at Guadalcanal dies on Iwo Jima
1980 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter of band AC/DC
2016 – Harper Lee, Author
IN ON THIS DAY
1807 –Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama.
1846 – The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1945 – About 30,000 US Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.