May 17, 2023
QUOTE
There’s only one thing worse than a man who doesn’t have strong likes and dislikes, and that’s a man who has strong likes and dislikes without the courage to voice them.
--Tony Randall
BIRTHDAYS
1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher
1936 – Dennis Hopper, Actor and director
1955 – Bill Paxton, Actor and director
1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxer
IN MEMORY
1336 – Go-Fushimi, emperor of Japan
1886 – John Deere, Blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company
1992 – Lawrence Welk, Accordion player and bandleader
2004 – Tony Randall, Actor
IN ON THIS DAY
1756 – The Seven Years’ War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
1900 –The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.