May 3, 2023
QUOTE
A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.
--Niccolo Machiavelli
BIRTHDAYS
1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher
1903 – Bing Crosby, Singer and actor
1919 – Pete Seeger, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist
1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, Boxer
1933 – James Brown, Singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
IN MEMORY
1943 – Harry Miller, American engineer
1972 – Bruce Cabot, Actor
2004 – Ken Downing, English race car driver
IN ON THIS DAY
1715 – A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe was predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy.
1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax.
1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
1987 – A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at and Talladega.