May 31, 2023
QUOTE
When one reaches out to help another he touches the face of God.
--Walt Whitman
BIRTHDAYS
1819 – Walt Whitman, Poet, essayist, and journalist
1908 – Don Ameche, Actor
1922 – Denholm Elliott, Actor
1930 – Clint Eastwood, Actor, director, musician, and producer
1960 – Chris Elliott, Actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1961 – Lea Thompson, Actress, director, and producer
1965 – Brooke Shields, Model, actress, and producer
IN MEMORY
1983 – Jack Dempsey, Boxer and lieutenant
1993 – Honey Tree Evil Eye (Spuds MacKenzie) Bud Light Bull Terrier mascot
1996 – Timothy Leary, Psychologist and author
2013 – Jean Stapleton, Actress
2014 – Hoss Ellington, Stock car driver
IN ON THIS DAY
455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1911 – The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2013 – A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities and over 150 injuries.