March 16, 2022
QUOTE
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
--Mark Twain
BIRTHDAYS
1751 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States
1912 – Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States
1926 – Jerry Lewis, Actor and comedian
IN MEMORY
AD 37 – Tiberius, Roman emperor
1903 – Roy Bean, American justice of the peace
1971 – Thomas E. Dewey, Lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York
IN ON THIS DAY
1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established.
1935 – Adolf Hitler begins rearming Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. \
1966 – Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. They performed the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
2020 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever.