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Happy Birthday Charlie Hustle! He'll make the Hall of Fame one day (probably after he dies).
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04-13-2009, 11:06 PM
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04-14-2009, 10:03 PM
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April 15th 1755 Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language. 1817 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn. 1850 The city of San Francisco was incorporated. 1865 Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson is then sworn in as the 17th President of the United States. 1892 The General Electric Company is formed. 1912 Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg. 1924 Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas. 1945 Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces. 1947 Jackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run. On April 15, 1997, his number, 42, was retired. 1952 The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress 1955 Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., today the official McDonald’s Corporate Museum. 1990 Actress Greta Garbo died at age 84. 2000 Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th major league player to reach 3,000 hits. 2001 Joey Ramone the lead singer for the Ramones died at age 49. Birthdays 87 Michael Ansara Actor 76 Roy Clark Country musician 65 Dave Edmunds Rock musician 62 Lois Chiles Actress 59 Amy Wright Actress 43 Samantha Fox Singer 41 Ed O'Brien Rock musician (Radiohead) 39 Flex Alexander Actor 37 shvictor Cigar Asylum Inmate 35 Danny Pino Actor ("Cold Case") 27 Seth Rogen Actor 26 Alice Braga Actress 25 De'Mar Hamilton Rock musician (Plain White T's) 19 Emma Watson Actress ("Harry Potter" movies) |
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04-14-2009, 10:08 PM
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April 15th 1865 Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson is then sworn in as the 17th President of the United States. 
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04-14-2009, 10:11 PM
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Samantha Fox...
"Naughty Girls Need Love, Too" 
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04-15-2009, 10:20 PM
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April 16th 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel. 1917 Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland. 1943 Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD. 1947 Financier Bernard Baruch coined the term “cold war” in a speech in South Carolina. 1947 Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded. 1962 Walter Cronkite succeeded Douglas Edwards as anchorman of "The CBS Evening News." 1972 China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift. 1990 The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, goes through with his first assisted suicide. 1999 Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement. 2003 Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers 2007 A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded. Birthdays 82 Pope Benedict XVI 82 Peter Mark Richman Actor 74 Bobby Vinton Singer 62 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Hall of Famer 62 Gerry Rafferty Rock singer 57 Bill Belichick Football coach (New England Patriots) 56 Peter Garrett Rock singer (Midnight Oil), Australia's environment minister 55 Ellen Barkin Actress 47 Jason Scheff Rock musician (Chicago) 46 Jimmy Osmond Singer 45 David Pirner Rock singer (Soul Asylum) 44 Jon Cryer Actor ("Two and a Half Men") 44 Martin Lawrence Actor, comedian 43 Dan Rieser Rock musician 37 Peter Billingsley Actor ("A Christmas Story") 33 Lukas Haas Actor 45 Wilbur Wright 4/16/1867 - 5/30/1912 American inventor and aviation pioneer 88 Sir Charlie Chaplin 4/16/1889 - 12/25/1977 English-born American motion- picture actor and director 73 Dick "Night Train" Lane 4/16/1928 - 1/29/2002 Football Hall of Famer
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04-15-2009, 10:44 PM
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April 16th 1972 China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.  1999 Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.  2003 Michael Jordan played his last NBA game as his Washington Wizards ended their season with a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers  Birthdays 55 Ellen Barkin Actress 
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04-17-2009, 08:34 AM
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April 17th 1492 Christopher Columbus received a commission from Spain's King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia. 1790 Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia at age 84. 1937 Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt. 1951 Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his major league debut with the New York Yankees. 1961 Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. 1964 Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world. 1964 The Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Mustang. 1969 Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. 1970 The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight. 1987 NBC aired the final episode of "Remington Steele." 1998 Linda McCartney, wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, died at age 55. Birthdays 58 Olivia Hussey Actress 57 Clarke Peters Actor 55 Rowdy Roddy Piper Professional wrestler 50 Sean Bean Actor 48 Boomer Esiason Football player and commentator 45 Maynard James Keenan Rock singer (Tool) 45 Lela Rochon Actress 44 William Mapother Actor ("Lost") 42 Leslie Bega Actor 42 Kimberly Elise Actress 42 Liz Phair Rock singer 37 Jennifer Garner Actress 36 Craig Anderson Country musician (Heartland) 70 Samuel Chase 4/17/1741 - 6/19/1811 American jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence 76 J. P. Morgan 4/17/1837 - 3/31/1913 American financier; formed U. S. Steel 78 Thornton Wilder 4/17/1897 - 12/7/1975 American novelist and playwright
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04-17-2009, 09:19 PM
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April 17th 1951 Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.  1961 Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.  1969 Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.  1987 NBC aired the final episode of "Remington Steele." 
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04-17-2009, 09:20 PM
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April 17th Birthdays 35 Victoria Beckham Original Spice Girl  76 J. P. Morgan 4/17/1837 - 3/31/1913 American financier; formed U. S. Steel 
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April 19th 1775 The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution. 1882 Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died at age 73. 1897 The first Boston Marathon was run. 1933 The United States went off the gold standard. 1943 The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis. 1960 Baseball uniforms began displaying player's names on their backs. 1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders. 1987 The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show 1992 English comedian, actor and singer Benny Hill died at age 68. 1993 The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people. 1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time. 1999 Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore Orioles) was placed on the disabled list for the first time in his 19 year career. He was suffering from a back problem. Birthdays 84 Hugh O'Brian Actor 72 Elinor Donahue Actress ("Father Knows Best") 67 Alan Price Rock musician (The Animals) 66 Jack Roush Racing entrepreneur 63 Tim Curry Actor 62 Mark "Flo" Volman Singer (The Turtles, Flo and Eddie) 57 Tony Plana Actor ("Ugly Betty") 55 Bob Rock Record producer & musician 47 Al Unser, Jr. Race car driver 46 BirdDok Cigar Asylum Inmate 44 Suge Knight Record company executive (Tha Row) 41 Ashley Judd Actress 40 Jesse James Television personality and motorcycle builder 31 James Franco Actor ("Milk," "Spider-Man") 30 Kate Hudson Actress 28 Hayden Christensen Actor 28 Catalina Sandino Moreno Actress 28 Troy Polamalu Football player 22 Courtland Mead Actor 22 Maria Sharapova Tennis player 72 Roger Sherman 4/19/1721 - 7/23/1793 American statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence 54 Eliot Ness 4/19/1903 - 5/16/1957 American crime fighter; headed the "Untouchables" in Chicago 34 Jayne Mansfield 4/19/1933 - 6/29/1967 American motion picture actress 66 Dudley Moore 4/19/1935 - 3/27/2002 English actor, comedian and musician
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04-19-2009, 08:33 AM
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April 19th 1987 The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show  Birthdays 63 Tim Curry Actor  44 Suge Knight Record company executive (Tha Row) 
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April 15th established as "Tax Day" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_Day Just a friendly reminder...
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