November 3, 2023
QUOTE
I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.
--Annie Oakley
BIRTHDAYS
1793 – Stephen F. Austin, Texas businessman and politician
1903 – Walker Evans, Photographer and journalist
1933 – Ken Berry, Actor, singer, and dancer
1949 – Larry Holmes, Boxer and talk show host
1981 – Karlos Dansby, Football player
IN MEMORY
1858 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author
1926 – Annie Oakley, Entertainer and target shooter
1998 – Bob Kane, Author and illustrator, co-created Batman
2002 – Jonathan Harris, Actor
2018 – Sondra Locke, Actress and director
IN ON THIS DAY
1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.
1903 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States.
2014 – One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.