May 1, 2023
QUOTE
The bigger a man’s gun the smaller his doodlewick.
--Calamity Jane
BIRTHDAYS
1769 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1852 – Calamity Jane, frontierswoman and professional scout
1896 – Mark W. Clark, general
1916 – Glenn Ford, Actor and producer
IN MEMORY
1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer
1994 – Ayrton Senna, Race car driver
2003 – Miss Elizabeth, Wrestler and manager
2021 – Olympia Dukakis, Actress
IN ON THIS DAY
1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to Queen Isabella I .
1707 – The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic.
1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1978 – Japan’s Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1994 –Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna dies from an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix.