June 1, 2022
QUOTE
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.
--Morgan Freeman
BIRTHDAYS
1926 – Andy Griffith, Actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1926 – Marilyn Monroe, Model and actress
1937 – Morgan Freeman, Actor and producer
1939 – Cleavon Little, Actor and comedian
1947 – Ronnie Wood, Guitarist, songwriter, and of course a Rolling Stone
IN MEMORY
1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan.
1779 – The court-martial for malfeasance of Benedict Arnold, begins.
1792 – Kentucky is admitted as the 15th state of the United States.
1812 – President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1939 – First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.
2009 – General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.