On this day in 1986, Arnold Schwarzenegter married Maria Shriver. Or as Arnold told the bridesmaids, “I’ll be back.”
On this day in 1962, NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft crashed into the moon. And it didn’t even leave a note.
On this day in 1977, Studio 54 opened in New York City. And instead of cutting the ribbon, they snorted it.
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth died. Did you know that Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse, while Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater? And that each happened on a Friday? And that both had sucessors named Johnson? And that I’ll keep sharing these facts until you put in your earbuds?
On this day in 1954, the first clinical trials of the polio vaccine began. Which is why RFK Jr.’s wearing his tinfoil hat at half-mast.
Enjoy the present. And remember…The Garden’s Always Greener.