Daily Quiz for June 29, 2016

HistoryNet Staff

This man was the first hockey player to score 800 career goals.

Gordie Howe
Wayne Gretzky
Phil Esposito
Mario Lemieux

Today in History: Born on February 21

1794

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican Revolutionary.

1801

John Henry Newman, English theologian and writer.

1821

Charles Scribner, founded the publishing firm which became Charles Scribner's Sons and also founded Scribner's magazine.

1893

Andrés Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist.

1907

W.H. Auden, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (The Age of Anxiety).

1920

Robert S. Johnson, American World War II fighter ace who shot down 27 German planes.

1927

Erma Bombeck, author and humorist (The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank).