Monday, April 2, 2012

April 2 - Plaid




Plaid


2012-03-28_09-15-33_233


This Day In History
1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
1800
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
1902
"Electric Theatre," the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1971
Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost five year run.
1973
Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
1975
Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 1,815.4 ft in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.


Famous Birthdays
742
Charlemagne, King of France (d. 814)
1527
Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1618
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
1653
Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
1805
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
1827
William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
1875
Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
1891
Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, & poet (d. 1976)
1908
Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1914
Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1920
Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
1925
George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
1939
Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
1941
Dr. Demento, American radio personality
1945
Linda Hunt, American actress
1947
Emmylou Harris, American singer
1948
Joan D. Vinge, American science fiction author
1951
Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, third and current Doshu (hereditary head) of the Aikikai
1977
Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor

No comments:

Post a Comment