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Old 03-30-2009, 03:29 AM   #1001 (permalink)
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Old 03-31-2009, 01:05 AM   #1002 (permalink)
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On March 31st, 1492- King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity.

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Old 03-31-2009, 01:56 AM   #1003 (permalink)
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Old 04-01-2009, 01:57 AM   #1004 (permalink)
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On April 1, 1952, Annette O'Toole was born...

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Old 04-01-2009, 02:36 AM   #1005 (permalink)
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Also on April 1st, 1946- Tidal waves struck the Hawaiian Islands, killing more than 170 people.
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Old 04-02-2009, 02:02 AM   #1006 (permalink)
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On April 2, 1947, Emmylou Harris was born...

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Old 04-02-2009, 02:30 AM   #1007 (permalink)
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Also on April 2, 1917- President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
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Old 04-03-2009, 12:24 AM   #1008 (permalink)
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On April 3rd, 1860- The Pony Express began service between St. Joseph, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif.
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:52 AM   #1009 (permalink)
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Also on April 3, 1942, Marsha Mason was born...

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Old 04-03-2009, 07:03 PM   #1010 (permalink)
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Old 04-04-2009, 02:01 AM   #1011 (permalink)
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On April 4, 1950, Christine Lahti was born...

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Old 04-04-2009, 04:18 AM   #1012 (permalink)
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Also on April 4th, 1968- civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.
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Old 04-05-2009, 02:51 AM   #1013 (permalink)
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On April 5, 1933, Frank Gorshin was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 04-05-2009, 03:10 AM   #1014 (permalink)
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Also on April 5th, 1614- Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
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Old 04-06-2009, 01:55 AM   #1015 (permalink)
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On April 6, 1952, Marilu Henner was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 04-06-2009, 03:15 AM   #1016 (permalink)
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Also on April 6th, On April 6, 1909- explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole
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Old 04-07-2009, 01:32 AM   #1017 (permalink)
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On April 7th, 1947- Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.
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Old 04-07-2009, 03:17 AM   #1018 (permalink)
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Also on April 7, 1951, Janis Ian was born...

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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
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Old 04-07-2009, 08:38 AM   #1019 (permalink)
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April 7, 2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
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Old 04-08-2009, 01:56 AM   #1020 (permalink)
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On April 8, 1968, Patricia Arquette was born...

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Old 04-08-2009, 03:35 AM   #1021 (permalink)
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Also on April 8th, 1987- Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigned after saying on ABC's "Nightline" that blacks may lack some of the "necessities" for becoming baseball managers.


1987!?!
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Old 04-09-2009, 03:47 AM   #1022 (permalink)
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On April, 9th, 1969- The album "Nashville Skyline" by Bob Dylan was released.
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Old 04-09-2009, 04:02 AM   #1023 (permalink)
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Also on April 9, 1965, Paulina Porizkova was born...

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Old 04-10-2009, 03:00 AM   #1024 (permalink)
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On April 10, 1959, Brian Setzer was born...

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Old 04-10-2009, 03:31 AM   #1025 (permalink)
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Also on April 10th, 1943- Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice.
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Old 04-11-2009, 01:52 AM   #1026 (permalink)
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On April 11, 1939, Louise Lasser was born...

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Old 04-11-2009, 03:55 AM   #1027 (permalink)
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Also on April 11th, 1963- The nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher and its crew of 129 was lost off Cape Cod, Mass.
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Old 04-12-2009, 02:51 AM   #1028 (permalink)
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On April 12, 1971, Shannen Doherty was born...

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Old 04-12-2009, 04:05 AM   #1029 (permalink)
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Also on April 12th, 1955- The Salk vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective.

Too bad for my father, he was infected in 1938.

And Phil, Phil, Phil.... Shannen Doherty? Seriously that's the best BD for today. Well it least it wasn't Paris Hilton.
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Old 04-13-2009, 01:53 AM   #1030 (permalink)
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On April 13, 1919, Madalyn Murray O’Hair was born...

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Old 04-13-2009, 02:40 AM   #1031 (permalink)
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Also on April 13, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst.
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Old 04-14-2009, 01:01 AM   #1032 (permalink)
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On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.
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Old 04-14-2009, 02:03 AM   #1033 (permalink)
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Also on April 14, 1977, Sarah Michelle Gellar was born...

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Old 04-15-2009, 02:23 AM   #1034 (permalink)
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On April 15, 1966, Samantha Fox was born...

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Old 04-15-2009, 04:18 AM   #1035 (permalink)
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Also on April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.
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Old 04-15-2009, 08:34 AM   #1036 (permalink)
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Old 04-16-2009, 01:55 AM   #1037 (permalink)
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On April 16th, 1964- "The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers)," the band's debut album, was released.
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Old 04-16-2009, 01:57 AM   #1038 (permalink)
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Old 04-17-2009, 01:03 AM   #1039 (permalink)
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On April 17, 1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro.
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