Saturday, March 17, 2012

March 17 - Present




A Present from Aunt Jennifer



Boynton books, no less! Yay!

Overheard
E: [throws a small tantrum at the breakfast table]
D: Elanor, please stop shouting at me.
E: I'm not shouting! I'm just screaming!
This Day In History
1337
Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
1756
St Patrick's Day First celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern
1762
First St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
1780
George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
1898
First practical submarine* submerges off New York City, for an hour and forty minutes.
1937
The Pedaliante achieves the first sustained 1 km human-powered flight.
1941
In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1958
The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.


Famous Birthdays
1473
King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
1834
Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and inventor (d. 1900)
1846
Kate Greenaway, English children's author and illustrator (d. 1901)
1897
Jozef C. Mazur, American stained glass artist and painter (d. 1970)
1902
Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
1919
Nat King Cole, American singer (d. 1965)
1948
William Gibson, American science fiction writer
1955
Gary Sinise, American actor
1964
Rob Lowe, American actor
1975
Gina Holden, Canadian actress


* - Can't find anything to back this up. The first internal combustion/electric submarine, Holland VI, was launched 1898 and commissioned (as USS Holland, SS-1) 1900; but Holland's Fenian Ram (1881) was probably the first practical submarine.

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