Today in History
Listings for Friday, May 13, 2022.
Birthdays:
- 1750 L. Mascheroni --1800
- 1753 L.N.M. Carnot --1823
- 1842 Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame.
- 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, first photographer to promote photography as an independent art.
- 1914 Joe Louis, heavyweight
- 1914 Joe Louis
- 1926 Beatrice Arthur
- 1939 Harvey Keitel
- 1941 Richie Valens
- 1950 Stevie Wonder
- 1961 Dennis Rodman
Events:
- Leprechaun Day
- 1607 English land to found Jamestown (1st permanent settlement)
- 1846 US declares war on Mexico.
- 1999 SETI@home launches search for extraterrestrials through distributed computing.
That's all for today.
