Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Apr 14
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 04:00:47 GMT

Interesting things that happened April 14:

Birthdays on this date ...
  In 1629 Christian Huygens
  In 1844 Antole France (in France), novelist
  In 1889 Arnold Toynbee, historian
  In 1904 Sir John Gielgud, actor, singer
  In 1918 Mary Healy (in New Orleans, LA)
  In 1925 Rod Steiger, actor
  In 1935 Loretta Lynn (in Kentucky), Ms. Country Music, coal miner's daughter
  In 1941 Julie Christie (in Assam, India)
  In 1941 Pete Rose, manager for Cincinnati baseball team, gambler
  In 1968 Anthony Michael Hall (in Boston, Massachusetts), actor (SNL)

Events worth noting ...
  In 1817 First American school for the deaf (Hartford, Connecticut)
  In 1828 First edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.
  In 1860 First Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph, Missouri.
  In 1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft. Sumpter.
  In 1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured.
  In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by J.W. Booth.
  In 1890 Pan American Day.
  In 1894 First motion picture shown in NY City
  In 1900 Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley established.
  In 1912 The RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg at 11:40 p.m.
  In 1928 Regular air passenger flights between San Francisco and
          Los Angeles started, by Maddux Air Lines.
  In 1945 Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace.
  In 1956 Ampex Corporation demonstrates first commercial videotape
          recorder.  It's a unit the size of a deep-freeze, with an
          additional 5 6-foot racks of circuitry.
  In 1971 Fort Point dedicated as first National Park in Bay Area.
  In 1981 First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 returns to Earth.
  In 1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
          Rangers 1-Isles 4 - Patrick Div Finals- Isles hold 1-0 lead.
  In 1985 Caps 4-Isles 6 - Patrick Div Semi Finals- Series tied at 2-2

And remember ...
  America's Heartland Development Month
  Cancer Control Month
  Math Education Month
 
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