April 19, 2013

• On this day in history…

  1775 – The American Revolution began as fighting broke out at Lexington, MA.

  1897 – The first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first of its type in the U.S.

  1956 – Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

  1977 – Alex Haley received a special Pulitzer Prize for his book “Roots.”

  1982 – NASA named Sally Ride to be first woman astronaut.

   

  1993 – The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground.

  1995 – The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb.

   

  And born on this day in history…

  Eliot Ness 1903

  Frank Fontaine 1920 (I wonder how many people remember that name?  Maybe “Crazy Guggenheim” rings a bell)

  Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer) 1932

  Dudley Moore 1935

  Paloma Picasso 1949 (Tiffany’s jewelry designer and daughter of Pablo Picasso)

  Paul Day 1956 (from Iron Maiden)

  Me! 1956

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