May 30, 2023
QUOTE
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
--Voltaire
BIRTHDAYS
1908 – Mel Blanc, Voice actor
1918 – Bob Evans, Businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants
1943 – Gale Sayers, Football player and philanthropist
1964 – Wynonna Judd, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
IN MEMORY
1431 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint
1778 – Voltaire, Philosopher and author
1911 – Milton Bradley, Businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company
1912 – Wilbur Wright, Pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company
IN ON THIS DAY
1539 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with the goal of finding gold.
1588 – The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
1911 – The first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
1922 – The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.