July 16, 2023
QUOTE
I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!
--Ginger Rogers
BIRTHDAYS
1911 – Ginger Rogers, Actress, singer, and dancer
1946 – Barbara Lee, Only member of congress to vote allowing George W. Bush to use ‘all necessary and appropriate force’ in response to 9/11. She said: “We must be careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target. We cannot repeat past mistakes.” She was brutally criticized at the time, but history has shown her to be the only one with wisdom.
1967 – Will Ferrell, Actor, comedian, and producer
IN MEMORY
1882 – Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States
1981 – Harry Chapin, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., Lawyer and publisher
2014 – Johnny Winter, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
1862 –David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1945 – The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb “Little Boy” bound for Tinian Island.