April 2 is, aside from being the day after April Fool's Day,
historically significant. In so many, many ways:
on April 2, 999 Gerbert of Aurillac was elected as the 1st French Pope!
in 1416, Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragon!!
April 2, 1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn!!!
not to mention:
1989 Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage
1978 TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS
1956 Soap operas "As the World Turns" and "Edge of Night" premieres on TV
1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced
1945 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives
1917 President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1902 1st motion picture theater opens in Los Angeles
1884 London prison for debtors closed
1845 H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1819 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
1800 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
1792 U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime
1745 Austria and Bavaria sign peace
1645 Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
1595 Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
1590 States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis
1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon
April 2, 1947: sailorpb meets the world
April 2, 1951: imtheonycathy makes her grand entrance
Others sharing our birthday:
Chalemagne born in 742
Casanova, 1725
Hans Christian Andersen, 1805
Emile Zola, 1840
Walter Chrysler, 1875 (yes he made the cars)
Max Ernst, 1891 (founder of surrealism)
Buddy Ebsen, 1908
Alec Guinness, 1914 (Bridge on the River Kwai)
Jack Webb, 1920 (Dragnet)
and Jenny Craig,
Rodney King, and Emmylou Harris
Well even if it's NOT a national holiday, we can all still
CELEBRATE PARTY DOWN GET CRAZY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, US!
1 comment:
That WE should stride the earth shoulder to shoulder with GIANTS like Buddy Epstein; a fortuitous accident? I think not. Magnificence and mysterious providence…yes, yes absolutely. A “national holiday”? Your modesty is commendable but unsuitable. I think a worldwide jubilee, on the same order as the Olympic Celebrations…but bigger, may best commemorate our birthday. Good lord, think of the presents.
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