Wednesday, January 11, 2012

January 11 - 37 Days to Pitchers & Catchers


37 Days to Pitchers & Catchers


Thanks for the Phils jersey, Uncle Kyle!

This Day In History
1785
Continental Congress convenes in New York City
1805
The Michigan Territory was created
1908
Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument
1935
Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean
1973
American League adopts designated hitter rule.  (Or as Daddy thinks, when some baseball was no longer real baseball.
1976
Dorothy Hamill wins her third consecutive national figure skating champion
1996
Space Shuttle STS-72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
2011
Scientists posit that streams of antimatter positrons detected annihilating electrons cause Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes on top of thunderstorms

Famous Birthdays
1449 
Domenico Ghirlandajo, Italy painter

1503
Parmigianino, Italian painter
1757
Alexander Hamilton, American founding father & first US Secretary of the Treasury
1914
Dorothy Jeakins, American costume designer
1961
Jasper Fforde, British author



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