Saturday, April 28, 2012

April 28 - Cupcake



Cupcake




Overheard
After dinner:
E: Can he (W) have some of my cupcake?


This Day In History
1503
The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1611
Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
1789
Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1910
Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
1930
The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
1947
Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1948
Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
2001
Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.


Famous Birthdays
1758
James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1878
Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
1900
Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
1906
Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
1911
Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
1922
Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
1928
Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
1948
Terry Pratchett, English author
1960
Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
1971
Bridget Moynahan, American actress
1973
Elisabeth Röhm, German/American actress
1981
Jessica Alba, American actress

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