June 26, 2023
QUOTE
The public is tired of politicians professing certain beliefs and not acting on those beliefs. They want elected officials who have the moral courage to do what they will say they will do when they’re running for election.
--Colonel Tom Parker
BIRTHDAYS
1819 – Abner Doubleday, American general
1898 – Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman
1904 – Peter Lorre, Slovak-Actor and singer
1909 – Colonel Tom Parker, Talent manager
IN MEMORY
1956 – Clifford Brown, Trumpet player and composer
2007 – Liz Claiborne, Fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne
2012 – Doris Singleton, Actress
IN ON THIS DAY
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1917 – The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
1997 – J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel.