Monday, April 9, 2012

April 9 - Hug




Hug



Hug someone today!

Overheard
[Upon being told it was bedtime, and no more TV]
E: Aaaahh! Go away! I'm not your best friend anymore!
M: Boy, they start young.
 
Family Birthdays
Evan Boone Schurr

This Day In History
1413
Henry V is crowned King of England.
1585
The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
1682
Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1860
On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
1867
Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska.
1939
Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial
1967
The first Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight.
1969
The first British-built Concorde makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.


Famous Birthdays
1794
Theobald Boehm, German inventor and musician (d. 1881)
1806
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (d. 1859)
1821
Charles Baudelaire, French poet (d. 1867)
1865
Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German engineer (d. 1923)
1893
Victor Gollancz, English publisher (d. 1967)
1898
Earl "Curly" Lambeau, American football coach and executive (d. 1965)
Paul Robeson, American singer and actor (d. 1976)
1928
Tom Lehrer, American composer, satirist, and mathematician
1945
Peter Gammons, American journalist
1953
Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter
1957
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011)
1964
Rick Tocchet, Canadian hockey player



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