April 1 - Friends

Friends

Meet Violet's little brother, Scout.

This Day In History

1826

Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.

1854

Hard Times begins serialisation in Charles Dickens' magazine, Household Words.

1871

The first stage of the Brill Tramway^* opened.

1918

The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

1948

Berlin Airlift – Military forces, under direction of the Russian-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin.

1960

The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.

1973

Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India.

1976

Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

Famous Birthdays

1578

William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657)

1765

Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)

1873

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1943)

1908

Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (d. 1970)

1926

Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction author (d. 2011)

1929

Jane Powell, American dancer, actress, and singer

1930

Grace Lee Whitney, American actress

1942

Samuel R. Delany, American author

1950

Samuel Alito, American Supreme Court Justice

1981

Hannah Spearritt, British singer and actor

* In 1933, the Brill Tramway became part of the London Underground, despite being 40 miles from London and not underground.