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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010

Today is Thursday, April 1, the 91st day of 2010. There are 274 days left in the year. 374 _ Halley's Comet approaches within 0.0884 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth 527 _ Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium 1578 _ William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation 1924 _ Hitler sentenced to five years labor but General Ludendorff acquitted 1939 _ U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain 1952 _ Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow 1979 _ Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah 1991 _ U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour 1991 _ Warsaw Pact officially dissolves 1992 _ World's seven wealthiest nations agree on $24 billion aid for former USSR

Mar 31, 2010

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010

Today is Wednesday, March 31, the 90th day of 2010. There are 275 days left in the year. 1657 _ English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1814 _ Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris, France 1854 _ Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to foreign trade 1868 _ Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China 1889 _ 300-meter-high Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) 1909 _ Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his first time 1918 _ First daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 1921 _ Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 1945 _ Tennessee Williams' ``Glass Menagerie" premieres in New York, N.Y. 1951 _ U.S. tanks exceed 38-degrees of latitude in Korea

Mar 30, 2010

TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 30, the 89th day of 2010. There are 276 days left in the year. 1533 _ Henry VIII divorces his first wife, Catherine of Aragon 1778 _ Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath 1814 _ Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1842 _ Ether was used as an anesthetic for first time by Dr Crawford Long (Jefferson GA) 1856 _ Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1858 _ Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia) 1867 _ U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($2 an acre ― Seward's Folly) 1953 _ Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1955 _ 27th Academy Awards: ``On the Waterfront," Marlon Brando & Grace Kelly win 1972 _ North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam

Mar 29, 2010

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2010. There are 277 days left in the year. 1795 _ Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1798 _ Republic of Switzerland forms 1804 _ Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti 1827 _ 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethoven's burial in Vienna 1848 _ Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1936 _ Nazi propaganda claims 99 percent of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1951 _ ``King & I" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1,246 performances 1971 _ Chile President Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines 1971 _ Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's first sexology professor 1989 _ Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering

Mar 28, 2010

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010

Today is Saturday, March 27, the 86th day of 2010. There are 279 days left in the year. 1713 _ Spain loses Menorca and Gibraltar 1855 _ Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1924 _ Canada recognizes USSR 1945 _ Iwo Jima occupied, after 22,000 Japanese and 6,000 U.S. soldiers killed 1945 _ General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1956 _ U.S. seizes communist newspaper ``Daily Worker" 1958 _ Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first secretary of Communist Party 1973 _ 45th Academy Awards: ``Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win, Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians 1988 _ Ku Ok-hee wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament 1988 _ World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)

Mar 26, 2010

THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010

Today is Thursday, March 25, the 84th day of 2010. There are 281 days left in the year. 1 _ Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word 31 _ First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 1807 _ British Parliament abolishes slave trade 1896 _ Modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece 1916 _ Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1954 _ 26th Academy Awards: ``From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win 1960 _ D.H. Lawrence' ``Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York, N.Y.) 1965 _ Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Ala. 1976 _ ``My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater, NYC, for 384 performances 1982 _ Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL to score 200 points in a season

Mar 24, 2010

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010

Today is Wednesday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2010. There are 282 days left in the year. 1721 _ Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts 1801 _ Aleksandr P. Romanov becomes emperor of Russia 1882 _ German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB 1898 _ First automobile sold 1924 _ Greece becomes a republic 1930 _ Planet Pluto named 1934 _ U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945 1949 _ Walter & John Huston become first father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor and director of ``Treasure of Sierra Madre") 1952 _ Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1955 _ Tennessee Williams' ``Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens on Broadway for 694 performances

Mar 23, 2010

TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010

Today is Tuesday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2010. There are 283 days left in the year. 1808 _ Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1858 _ Streetcar patented (Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia) 1903 _ Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1919 _ Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1956 _ Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day) 1972 _ Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars 1976 _ International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratify) 1987 _ West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns 1991 _ Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12 meter) 1994 _ Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored

Mar 22, 2010

MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010

Today is Monday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2010. There are 283 days left in the year. 1743 _ George Frederic Handel's oratorio ``Messiah" premieres in London 1775 _ Patrick Henry proclaims ``Give me liberty or give me death" 1794 _ Josiah Pierson patents a ``cold-header" (rivet) machine 1839 _ First recorded use of ``OK" [all correct] (Boston's Morning Post) 1840 _ Draper takes first successful photo of the Moon (daguerreotype) 1857 _ Elisha Otis' first elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC) 1858 _ Streetcar patented (Eleazer A. Gardener of Philadelphia) 1880 _ Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) 1919 _ Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy 1983 _ U.S. President Ronald Reagan introduces ``Star Wars" plan (SDI)

Mar 21, 2010

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010

Today is Saturday, March 20, the 79th day of 2010. There are 286 days left in the year. 1345 _ Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought ``cause of plague epidemic" 1815 _ Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1890 _ German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck 1942 _ General MacArthur vows, ``I shall return" 1952 _ 24th Academy Awards: ``American in Paris," Humphrey Bogart & Vivian Leigh win 1952 _ U.S. Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1969 _ Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar 1969 _ U.S. President Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1995 _ Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured 1996 _ U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease aka mad cow disease)

Mar 19, 2010

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