April 22 - A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand

Overheard

At dinner:
M: We should give E a b-a-t-h tonight.
E: Does that spells bath?
M&D: [stunned silence]

This Day In History

1519

Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

1876

The first National League game is played in Philadelphia.

1889

At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.

1964

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.

1969

British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

1993

Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser is released.

1998

Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

Famous Birthdays

1451

Isabella I of Castile (d. 1504)

1592

Wilhelm Schickard, German mathematician who invented a calculating machine (d. 1635)

1724

Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (d. 1804)

1832

Julius Sterling Morton, Arbor Day founder (d. 1902)

1840

Odilon Redon, French painter (d. 1916)

1891

Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)
Harold Jeffreys, English astronomer (d. 1989)

1899

Vladimir Nabokov, novelist, professor, lepidopterist [O.S. 10 April] (d. 1977)

1904

J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)

1922

Richard Diebenkorn, American artist (d. 1993)
Charles Mingus, American musician (d. 1979)

1923

Bettie Page, American model (d. 2008)

1926

James Stirling, British architect (d. 1992)

1936

Glen Campbell, American musician

1937

Jack Nicholson, American actor

1943

Janet Evanovich, American writer

1944

Steve Fossett, American adventurer (d. 2007)

1950

Peter Frampton, English musician
Zygi Wilf, owner of the Minnesota Vikings

1951

Paul Carrack, English musician

1959

Ryan Stiles, American actor

1966

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor

1982

David Purcey, American baseball player

1984

Michelle Ryan, English actress