March 31 - Cake

Cake

Always nice to see a man enjoy his work.

This Day In History

1889

The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

1903

Richard Pearse allegedly makes a powered flight in an early aircraft.

1906

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.

1951

Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.

1992

The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.

1994

The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.

Famous Birthdays

1596

René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician (d. 1650)

1685

Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)

1732

Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)

1844

Andrew Lang, Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.

1922

Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)

1927

William Daniels, American actor

1928

Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player

1932

John Jakes, American writer

1934

Shirley Jones, American singer and actress

1935

Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader

1943

Christopher Walken, American actor

1971

Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor