June 23 - Apples and O's

Apples and O's

This Day In History

1314

Battle of Bannockburn begins.

1611

The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.

1683

William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.

1810

John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.

1887

The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1917

In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.

1931

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.

1967

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

Famous Birthdays

1456

Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)

1711

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian Emiliano luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history (d. 1786)

1894

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)

1912

Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)

1927

Bob Fosse, American choreographer (d. 1987)

1929

June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)

1943

Vint Cerf, American computer scientist

1957

Frances McDormand, American actress

1963

Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer

1964

Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter