March 4, 2022
QUOTE
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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BIRTHDAYS
1394 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer
1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer
1826 – John Buford, American general
1888 – Knute Rockne, Football player and coach
1919 – Buck Baker, Race car driver
1960 – The Great Scout
IN MEMORY
1858 – Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander
1994 – John Candy, Comedian and actor
1996 – Minnie Pearl, Entertainer
2001 – Fred Lasswell, Cartoonist
IN ON THIS DAY
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Portugal, aboard the Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
1789 – The first Congress of the United States puts the United States Constitution into effect.
1791 – Vermont joins the United States as the fourteenth state.
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.