Today in History April 20, click the link to see footage
Today is the 110th day . There are 255 days left in the year.
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, on Patriot‘s Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897
Highlights in US History
1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They then took their own lives.
1812, 4th President James Madison’s Vice President George Clinton, died in Washington at age 73, becoming the first vice president to die while in office.
1836, the Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress.
1972, the manned lunar module from Apollo 16 landed on the moon. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke became the fifth team to step down onto the Moon
Highlights
British and other History
1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria.
1968, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.
1968 – British politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial Rivers of Blood speech
Today’s Birthdays
1941 Actor Ryan O’Neal .
1949 Actress Jessica Lange
Actor Clint Howard is 50. Actor Crispin Glover is 45. Country singer Wade Hayes is 40. Actor Shemar Moore is 39. Rock musician Mikey Welsh is 38. Actress Carmen Electra is 37. Actor Joseph Lawrence is 33.
1924 – Leslie Phillips, English actor
1976 – Shay Given, Irish footballer
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Today in History April 20
This Today in History April 20 blog entry is copyright Jon Bratton 2009
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