Today in history:

On this date in 1851, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” was published by Harpers and Brothers in the US.

On this day in 1856, Gail Borden was awarded a patent for technology related to his invention of condensed milk.

On this day in 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’ was published as a book by Cassell & Co.

On this day in 1906, US President Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to leave the US during a presidency. He travels to Panama to investigate the construction of the Panama Canal.

On this day in 1967, Theodore Maiman of the Atomic Physics Department of Hughes Aircraft Company, headquartered in Glendale, CA, said. patented the world’s first laser. A word that is an acronym for ‘light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation’.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Robert Fulton (1785) American inventor and engineer (first commercial steamboat).
• Claude Monet (1840) French impressionist painter (water lilies, haystacks).
• Jawaharlal Nehru (1889) first Prime Minister of India and important leader of the Indian independence movement.
• Mamie Eisenhower (1896) First Lady of the United States (1953-1961).
• Astrid Lindgren (1907) Swedish children’s book author (Pippi Longstocking).
• Joseph McCarthy (1909) US Senator from Wisconsin who claimed that communists had infiltrated the US government, MaCarthy hearings, McCarthyism.
• Brian Keith (1921) American actor (Family Affair, The Parent Trap, The Rough Riders).
• Veronica Lake (1922) American actress (Sullivan’s Travels, I Married a Witch).
• McLean Stevenson (1927) American actor (M*A*S*H 1972-75 Colonel Henry Blake).
• Charles III (1948) King of the United Kingdom (2022-).
• Stephen Bishop (1951) American singer/songwriter (On and On, Save It for a Rainy Day).
• Condoleezza Rice (1954) 1st female African American US Secretary of State.
• Patrick Warburton (1964) American actor (Seinfeld).
• Travis Barker (1975) American drummer for Blink-182.
• DeVonta Smith (1998) NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles (2020 Heisman Trophy winner).

Today’s sports fact:

Most yards gained in a season by a receiver – 1,964 by Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions in 2012.

Today’s quote:

“There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.”

Jawaharlal Nehru