September 3, 2023
QUOTE
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
--Vince Lombardi
BIRTHDAYS
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche
1910 – Kitty Carlisle, Singer, socialite, and game show panelist
1913 – Alan Ladd, Actor and producer
1923 – Glen Bell, Businessman, founded Taco Bell
1965 – Charlie Sheen, Actor and producer
IN MEMORY
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician
1962 – E. E. Cummings, Poet and playwright
1970 – Vince Lombardi, Football player and coach
1999 – Emma Bailey, Auctioneer and author
IN ON THIS DAY
1658 – The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
1939 – The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
1944 – Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
1976 – The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.