September 22, 2023
QUOTE
We’re lost, but we’re making good time.
--Yogi Berra
BIRTHDAYS
1791 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist
1921 – Will Elder, Illustrator
1956 – Debby Boone, Singer, actress, and author
1958 – Joan Jett, Singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1961 – Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host
IN MEMORY
1776 – Nathan Hale, American soldier
1987 – Dan Rowan, Actor, comedian, and producer
1989 – Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter
1999 – George C. Scott, Actor, director, and producer
2015 – Yogi Berra, Baseball player, coach, manager and amateur philosopher
IN ON THIS DAY
1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
1914 – A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.