July 3, 2023
QUOTE
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base.
--Dave Barry
BIRTHDAYS
1886 – Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines
1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
1945 – Michael Cole, American actor
1947 – Dave Barry, American journalist and author
1956 – Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality
1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
IN MEMORY
1971 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter
1986 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor
1989 – Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist
1993 – Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster
2012 – Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1754 – George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
1775 – George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1819 – The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1863 – The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett’s Charge.
1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
1913 – Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett’s Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
1938 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1973 – David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is “the last show that we’ll ever do” on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.