Orts #1000
*** October 18 ***
births of famous people on this date in history:
1859 – Henri Bergson, French philosopher and theologian
1919 – Anita O'Day, American singer;
also Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada
1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
deaths of famous people on this date in history:
1931 – Thomas Edison, American engineer, inventor, businessman
1966 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman;
also S. S. Kresge, American businessman and founder of Kmart
1973 – Walt Kelly, creator of the immortal Pogo
notable events on this date in history:
1851 – Moby-Dick is first published, as The Whale
1945 – Juan Perón and Eva Duarte ("Evita") are married
2020 - penultimate Orts flies off into cyberspace