85 years ago, Will Rogers died in a plane crash with aviator Wiley Post, in Point Barrow, Alaska Territory. Rogers was born in Claremore, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and was known for being a vaudeville performer, actor, radio personality, humorist, newspaper columnist, goodwill ambassador to Mexico, and mayor of Beverly Hills,
When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: “I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like.”
I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935)
100 years ago, on 1/17/1920, the 18th amendment became the law of the land, making the production, importation, sale and transportation illegal in the USA.
