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 121606 – England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.
1969 – Simon and Garfunkel release “The Boxer.”
1992 – EuroDisney opens.
April 131796 – 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 141859 – 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 151991 – Taxes are due.
1999 – Taxes are due.
2007 – Taxes would be due, if it wasn’t a Sunday … try the 17th this year.
April 161987 – 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 171758 – 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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