Saturday History
By Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 142nd day of 2021 and the 64th day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1807, former vice president Aaron Burr was indicted for treason.
— In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full rights to nearly all Confederate sympathizers.
— In 1947, President Harry Truman signed the Truman Doctrine, appropriating military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of communism.
— In 2017, a bomb exploded at Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert, killing 23 people.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: William Sturgeon (1783-1850), physicist/inventor; Richard Wagner (1813-1883), composer; Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), artist; Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), physician/author; Herge (1907-1983), cartoonist; Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), actor/director; Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), singer-songwriter/actor; Morrissey (1959-), singer-songwriter; Naomi Campbell (1970-), model/actress; Ginnifer Goodwin (1978-), actress; Maggie Q (1979-), actress; Apolo Ohno (1982-), speed skater.
TODAY’S FACT: On this day in 2011, an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Mo., killing 162 and causing $2.8 billion in damages. It remains the costliest and seventh-deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2003, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman golfer since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 to officially compete against men at a PGA tour event.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” — Arthur Conan Doyle
TODAY’S NUMBER: 4,531 — episodes of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” hosted by Johnny Carson, who began his tenure as host in 1962. Carson hosted his final show on this day in 1992.
TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (May 19) and full moon (May 26).
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