William Shippen

And send a shout-out to the Green Mountain State, it's National Vermont Day.

Whoever thought anybody would celebrate Vermont? Your notable birthdays for October 12th: William Shippen, 19- or 1712, physician who contributed to the development of medical education and military medicine in the US.

Lyman Trumbull, nine- or 1813, sen- US senator who co-authored the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.

Elmer Ambrose Sperry, 1860, inventor of the gyrocompass, which is still widely used today by marine, aviation, and military applications.

For example, there's a big deal one that happens, the first one in the United States is in 1765 in our very own Philadelphia.

The, um, person that eventually led, uh, th- what becomes U- UPenn, his name was William Shippen.

No relation to the Shippen that founded Shippensburg, I checked.

I was about to ask.