On this date in 1752, George Washington received his Entered Apprentice degree in Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia.

Will Rogers His full name was William Penn Adair Rogers. American humorist. He was born on November 4, 1879 at Oologah, Indian Territory (now Okla.). His great grandmother on his father's side was a Cherokee. His father, Clem, served as a captain in the Confederate Army under the Cherokee General Standwaite, q.v. His father, who was a rancher of some means, attempted to give Will the best education possible, but young Will did not like being tied down to anything so formal as education. He attended Willie Halsell Coll. at Vinita, Okla., Scarritt Coll., at Neosho, Mo., and Kemper Military Academy at Boonville, Mo. He ran away from Kemper to punch cattle in Texas, but returned to his father's ranch for a time before setting off for the cattle country of Argentina. From there he went to Africa, where he joined Texas Jack's Wild West Circus. Next he joined Wirth Brothers Circus in Australia, and returned to America to join the Cummins Wild West Show. In St. Louis he turned to burlesque, and made his first appearance on the New York stage, June 11, 1905. He then played in England and Europe, and just before the outbreak of WWI, was in the Empire Theater of London in the musical show, The Merry-Go Round. He entered the Ziegfeld Follies in 1916, where he perfected his monologue technique, and stayed with Ziegfeld until his death, with the exception of the years out for motion pictures. His best remembered pictures were In the Land of Jubilo; Al- most a Husband; The Strange Border; Jes' Call Me Jim. His first talking picture was They Had to See Paris, followed by State Fair; A Connecticut Yankee; David Harurn; In Old Kentucky; and Steamboat Round the Bend. His writings included What We Laugh. At; Illiterate Digest; Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to His President; There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia; The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference; The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition. His first weekly article as a columnist appeared in the New York Times in 1922, and later was syndicated and appeared as a Sunday feature in many U.S. newspapers. He petitioned Claremore Lodge No. 53, Jan. 21, 1905, at the age of 25, listing his occupation as that of a fanner. He received the degrees, Feb. 18, 1905; March 10, and 13, 1906. On April 16, 1908 he received the Scottish Rite degrees in the Webber Memorial Class in the Valley of McAlester, Okla. He was twice suspended from the Scottish Rite (1918 and 1921), but each time reinstated (1918 and 1927). Joined Akdar Shrine Temple at Tulsa, Nov. 20, 1914. He had applied for, and was scheduled to receive, the York Rite degrees, but for various reasons was never able to make satisfactory arrangements. He was an honorary member of the Bedouin Shrine Temple at Muskogee, and had attended a Shrine ceremonial in Fairbanks, Alaska, just prior to his death. The Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Okla. exhibits his Masonic petition, and the Bible on which he took his obligation. He entered the Celestial Lodge as a result of an airplane accident near Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935, in a plane piloted by his friend Wiley Post.

Denton True Young was born March 29, 1867 in Gilmore, Ohio. He earned the nickname, Cyclone – later shortened to "Cy" – because of his fast ball pitching. He won more than 30 games a season 5 times, and recorded 20 or more victories 15 times.
In his astounding baseball career of more than 20 years, Cy Young won 511 games as a pitcher. He was born on March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.
The "Grand Old Man of Baseball" was raised as a member of Mystic Tie Lodge #194, on February 29, 1904 in Uhrichsville, Ohio, and the Scottish Rite Valley of Columbus.
During his 22-year baseball career fro 1890 until 1911, he pitched for five different teams. Young established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for a century. Cy Young compiled 511 wins, which is most in Major League history.
In addition to wins, Young still holds the major league records for most career innings pitched (7,355), most career games started (815), and most complete games (749). He also retired with 316 losses, the most in MLB history.
Young’s 76 career shutouts are fourth all-time. He also won at least 30 games in a season five times, with ten other seasons of 20 or more wins.
In addition, 44 years after his death, editors at The Sporting News ranked Cy Young 14th on their list of "Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players". That same year, baseball fans named him to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
After his retirement, Young went back to his farm in Ohio, where he stayed until he entered the Celestial Lodge at age 88 on November 11, 1955. Young was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. One year after Young’s death, the Cy Young Award was created to honor the previous season’s best pitcher.