BIRTHDAYS:
1817, Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson around to bail him out of trouble, also invented raisin bread.

1854, George Eastman, created the Kodak camera

1895, R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome

1895, Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers

1908, Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie"

1948, Richard Simmons, fitness personality and public figure


EVENTS:
1543, Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife.)

1812, US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812.)

1817, First flower show was held at Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland.

1933, Congress passes first minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour.)

1934, US Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned.

The price of success is perseverance. The price of failure comes cheaper.
- Anonymous