Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on Oct. 31, 1941. Pictured (from left) are the carved faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota on Oct. 31, 1941. Pictured (from left) are the carved faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
In 1941, work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, featuring the carved faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
On this date:
1864: President Abraham Lincoln signs a proclamation admitting Nevada as the 36th state.
1950: “The Big Cat” Earl Lloyd becomes the first Black player to appear in an NBA game, scoring six points for the Washington Capitols.
1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson announces a halt to American bombing of North Vietnam.
2010: Post-apocalyptic zombie television series “The Walking Dead” premieres on AMC.
2022: Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Birthdays:
Dan Rather, American broadcast journalist (1931)
Michael Landon, American actor (1936)
Nick Saban, American college football coach (1951)
Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian (1963)
Letitia Wright, Guyanese-British actress (1993)
Quote:
“I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.” — Nick Saban
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