July 6, 2023
QUOTE
You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
--William Faulkner
BIRTHDAYS
1747 – John Paul Jones, American Captain
1921 – Nancy Reagan, Actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States
1925 – Merv Griffin, Actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
1925 – Bill Haley, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor
1946 – George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
IN MEMORY
887 – Wang Chongrong, Chinese warlord
1962 – William Faulkner, Novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1971 – Louis Armstrong, Singer and trumpet player
1998 – Roy Rogers, Cowboy, actor, and singer
2003 – Buddy Ebsen, Actor, singer, and dancer
2020 – Charlie Daniels, Singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist
IN ON THIS DAY
1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.
1777 – Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
1779 – The French defeat British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.
1854 – The first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.
1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.
1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.