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Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- April 14

by poorgabriel@[EMAIL PROTECTED] Apr 13, 2008 at 11:11 PM

Interesting things that happened April 14th:

Birthdays on this date:
  In 1629 Christian Huygens, astronomer, physicist, mathematician
  In 1866 Anne Sullivan (in Feeding Hills, MA), miracle worker
  In 1889 Arnold Toynbee, historian
  In 1904 Sir John Gielgud, actor, singer
  In 1918 Mary Healy (in New Orleans, LA), actor (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr.
T.)
  In 1925 Rod Steiger, actor (In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront)
  In 1935 Loretta Lynn (in Kentucky), Ms. Country Music, coal miner's
daughter
  In 1941 Julie Christie (in Assam, India), actor (Doctor Zhivago)
        + Pete Rose, manager for Cincinnati baseball team, gambler
  In 1968 Anthony Michael Hall (in Boston, Massachusetts), actor (SNL)

Events worth noting:
  In 1817 First American school for the deaf (Hartford, Connecticut)
  In 1828 First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is copyrighted.
  In 1860 First Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph,
Missouri.
  In 1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft. Sumpter.
  In 1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured.
        + President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by J.W. Booth.
  In 1890 Pan American Day.
  In 1894 First motion picture shown in NY City (Edison's kinetoscope).
  In 1900 Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley established.
  In 1912 The RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg at 11:40 p.m.
  In 1928 Regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and Los
Angeles
          started, by Maddux Air Lines.
  In 1945 Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace.
  In 1956 Ampex Cor****ation demonstrates first commercial videotape
recorder.
          It's a unit the size of a deep-freeze, with an additional 5
6-foot
          racks of circuitry.
  In 1961 First live television broadcast from the Soviet Union.
  In 1971 Fort Point dedicated as first National Park in Bay Area.
  In 1981 First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 returns to Earth.

And remember ...
  America's Heartland Development Month
  Cancer Control Month
  Math Education Month
  National Poetry Month

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