May 8, 2022
QUOTE
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
--Robert A. Heinlein
BIRTHDAYS
1821 – William Henry Vanderbilt, Businessman and philanthropist
1846 – Oscar Hammerstein I, Businessman and composer
1884 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
1911 – Robert Johnson, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1926 – Don Rickles, Comedian and actor
IN MEMORY
1982 – Neil Bogart, Record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records
1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, Science fiction writer and screenwriter
1994 – George Peppard, Actor and producer
2014 – Roger L. Easton, Scientist, co-invented GPS
IN ON THIS DAY
1541 – Hernando de Soto sees the Mississippi River, then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo.
1886 – Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
1902 – Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people.
1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
1945 –The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Reims comes into effect.