Celebrate Astronomy Day and Pig in a Blanket Day
Today, I will sit eating little hot dogs wrapped in pastry while gazing at the night sky playing Cosmos. Please Join Me!!
1916 Easter Rebellion Began, Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse rebel against British rule.
1800 Library of Congress established by John Adams with an appropriation of $5,000. The first home of the LOC was the US Capitol and consisted of 964 volumes and 9 maps. 12 years later, 3,000 volumes at the library were burned by the British Army during the War of 1812.
1940 “Alphabet” Mystery Novelist, Sue Grafton, was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
1945 Harry Truman is briefed on the details of scientific research into the atomic bomb called “The Manhattan Project”.
1947 Willa Cather, Virginia born Author, died in New York. Her second Each of her novels dealt with families and the frontier west including Alexander’s Bridge, O Pioneers! And My Antonia.
1953 Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
1980 In an attempt to free 52 Americans held hostage in Tehran, Iran for over 6 months, 8 service men lost their lives with no hostages rescued.
1982 Jane Fonda releases her first workout video.
1990 The Hubble Telescope was launched today giving us twenty years of beautiful outer space portraits. With many hurdles to leap over, the telescope project has exceeded designer’s expectations by doubling (so far) its life span, Hubble’s mission was expected to last up there for 10 years.
1766 | Robert Bailey Thomas | Founder/Editor of “The Farmer’s Almanac” | |
1850 | Michael J Dady | Contractor | Played Key Role in Development of NYC |
1905 | Robert Penn Warren | Novelist | All the King's Men |
1815 | Anthony Trollope | Novelist | |
1934 | Shirley MacLaine | Actress | |
1936 | Jill Ireland | Actress | |
1942 | Barbra Streisand | Actress/Singer | Yentl, The Way We Were, Funny Girl, Hello, Dolly!, Meet the Fockers |
1945 | Doug Clifford | Musician | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
1952 | Jean-Paul Gaultier | Fashionista | Aka l’enfant terrible |
1955 | Michael O’Keefe | Actor | |
1964 | Cedric the Entertainer | Entertainer | The Original King of Comedy |
1972 | Chipper Jones | Athlete | Atlanta Braves, outfielder |
1982 | Kelly Clarkson | Singer | American Idol |
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