March 20, 2023
QUOTE
Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and give her a house.
--Lewis Grizzard
BIRTHDAYS
1811 – Napoleon II, French emperor
1922 – Carl Reiner, Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Jerry Reed, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1958 – Holly Hunter, Actress and producer
IN MEMORY
1413 – Henry IV of England
1994 – Lewis Grizzard, Writer and humorist
2020 – Kenny Rogers, Singer
IN ON THIS DAY
1602 – The Dutch East India Company is established.
1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed from the Tower of London after 13 years of imprisonment.
1854 – The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Wisconsin.
1915 – Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
1922 – The first United States Navy aircraft carrier, The USS Langley, is commissioned.