1947 Robert Englund - Actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Hustle, A Star is Born, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane)


We're big fan's of his around here.







1829 Shanawdithit - She was the last surviving member of the Beothuk Indians, the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland who had ranged over the island in relative isolation from other native groups. She died in a St. John’s hospital of tuberculosis. Shanawdithit became the source of much of what is known about her people, who had all but been wiped out by disease and clashes with white settlers in the province by the early 1800s. She witnessed several of the final documented encounters between her people and Newfoundland settlers. In the spring of 1823, after her father died when he fell through the ice while trying to escape a group of hunters, Shanawdithit, her sister and mother, weakened by hunger, surrendered. The three women were taken to St. John's, then back to their people, where it was hoped they would be able to assure the remaining Beothuk of the government's desire to establish friendly relations.

I think this quote is very fitting here. "I think you all know that I've always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."

Ronald Reagan