Hello.
Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here!
Each Saturday morning is a time for us to take a few minutes to slow down a bit and “scroll down memory lane.” A simpler way to begin a day and look back at the pages of history before we set out to write new events on this day.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, April 23rd, the 113th day of the year. There are 252 days until the end of the year.
On this day:
In 1616, dramatist, playwright William Shakespeare died at the age of 52.
In 1956, the United States Supreme Court put an end to racial segregation on buses.
In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
In 1985, the Coca Cola Company announced it was changing the 99-year-old secret formula for the world’s best-selling soft drink. The move turned out to be an unpopular with classic Coke fans and the company soon changed its mind and brought back the original version.
In 1993, United Farm Workers of America and National Farm Workers Association president Cesar Chavez died at the age of 66.
In 1995, Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Howard Cosell died at the age of 77. He helped turn “Monday Night Football” into a national institution.
In 1998, convicted Martin Luther King, Jr., assassin, James Earl Ray, died at the age of 70.
In 2007, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died at the age of 76. Yeltsin who presided over the demise of the Soviet Union and Russia’s transition to a free market, ruled Russia from 1991 to the last day of 1999 when he handed over power to Vladimir Putin.
In 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a controversial immigration bill into law. The bill aimed to prosecute and deport illegal immigrants and gave police broad power to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. Critics, including President Obama, said the bill gave license to harass and discriminate against immigrants.
In 2018, Ten people died and several others were injured in a van attack in Toronto, Canada. The suspect, Alek Minassian, drove a rented van through a busy business district, deliberately hitting pedestrians.
In 2019, the WHO gave children partial protection to children in Malawi with the first malaria vaccine.
In 2020, then President Trump suggested COVID-19 could be treated if patients are injected with disinfectant. Disinfectant companies and other government officials issued statements shortly following saying doing so is extremely dangerous.
And that brings us here to this day.
So, whatever plans you have for your own 4.23.2022 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record in the pages of your personal history.
Thanks for stopping by!
