July 17, 2022
QUOTE
I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates.
We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one’s prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know – not what they want to know.
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.
--All from Walter Cronkite
BIRTHDAYS
1899 – James Cagney, Actor and dancer
1901 – Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver
1912 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host
1917 – Phyllis Diller, Actress, comedian, and voice artist
1918 – Red Sovine, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – Donald Sutherland, Actor and producer
IN MEMORY
1881 – Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer
1961 – Ty Cobb, Baseball player and manager
1988 – Bruiser Brody, Football player and wrestler
1995 – Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver
2009 – Walter Cronkite, Journalist and actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1850 – Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed
1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
1918 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists.
1918 – The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1945 – The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.