November 8, 2023
QUOTE
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
--John Milton
BIRTHDAYS
1836 – Milton Bradley, Businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company
1920 – Esther Rolle, Actress
1924 – Joe Flynn, Actor
1949 – Bonnie Raitt, Singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, Actress
IN MEMORY
1674 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher
1887 – Doc Holliday, Dentist and poker player
1978 – Norman Rockwell, Painter and illustrator
IN ON THIS DAY
1614 – Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
1950 – Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
1973 – The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper outlet along with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay $2.9 million.