Spacetime for the week of 04/11/07

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

By Ed Bushnell

April 11
1370 – Frederick the Warlike, Elector of Saxony, is born.  
1579 – Venlo joins the Union of Utrecht.  1964 – “Anyone Can Whistle” closes at the Majestic Theater after nine performances.

April 12
1606 – England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.  
1969 – Simon and Garfunkel release “The Boxer.”  
1992 – EuroDisney opens.

April 13
1796 – The first elephant arrives in the United States.  
1957 – Saturday delivery of mail is temporarily suspended.  
1979 – The longest doubles ping pong match ends after 101 hours.

April 14
1859 – Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” is published.  
1912 – The Titanic hits the iceberg; no more of that “King of the World” crap.  1939 – John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” is published.

April 15
1991 – Taxes are due.
1999 – Taxes are due.  
2007 – Taxes would be due, if it wasn’t a Sunday … try the 17th this year.

April 16
1987 – The FCC warns Howard Stern.  
1986 – Moammar Qadhafi appears on television to say he’s not dead.  
1981 – The first space shuttle flight ends safely as the “Columbia” lands.

April 17
1758 – Francis Williams, the first U.S. black college graduate, becomes a poet, making him the first U.S. black college graduate to waste his degree.  
1875 – “Snooker” is invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain.  
1937 – Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Petunia Pig debut.


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