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Rubber Eraser Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Luna kanawai: Judge PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Lektrik: Electric HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A coral reef hardens into land.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” (Pablo Picasso)
WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — “The Green Issue” – NYT Magazine WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — National Geographic PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Earth News BLOG OF THE WEEK — The Environmental Blog
TODAY: Swine Flu Epidemic hits the mainland. More >
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — April 26th
- 1607: An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, VA, to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1865: John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded and killed by federal troops near Bowling Green, VA.
- 1937: Planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
- 2000: Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation’s first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
- 2004: The US Treasury Dept. unveils the new colorized $50 bill.
- 2005: Syria’s 29-year military presence in Lebanon ended as Syrian soldiers completed a withdrawal brought about by international pressure and Lebanese street protests.
BORN ON THIS DAY — April 26th
- 1785: John James Audubon, ornithologist, artist and naturalist
- 1822: Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect
- 1886: Ma Rainey, American singer
- 1889: Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
- 1914: Bernard Malamud, novelist and short-story writer
- 1916: Morris West,Australian novelist
- 1934: Carol Burnett, actress
- 1939: Duane Eddy, rock musician
- 1943: Bobby Rydel, Singer
- 1944: Gary Wright rock singer
- 1962: Joan Chen, actress
- 1964: Jet Li, actor
- 1966: Kevin James, actor/comedian
- 1968: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress
- 1977: Jason Earles, ctor (“Hannah Montana”)
- 1977: Tom Welling, actor (“Smallville”)
DIED ON THIS DAY — April 26th
- 1476: Simonetta Vespucci, inspiration of Botticelli (b. 1453)
- 1478: Giuliano di Piero de’ Medici, ruler of Florence (assassinated) (b. 1453)
- 1489: Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (b. 1465)
- 1865: John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (shot) (b. 1838)
- 1946: Jim White, discoverer of Carlsbad Caverns (b. 1882)
- 1956: Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1970: Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1984: Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
- 1986: Broderick Crawford, American actor (stroke) (b. 1911)
- 1989: Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
- 2007: Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (b. 1921)
