April 15!
It's more than just Tax Day! So here's some interesting things that have happened on April 15 in history... besides me being born. :D
1990: Shannon Lynch and Emma Watson are born on Easter Sunday.
1988: Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City. [My Acting I monologue was from that show.]
1983: Tokyo Disneyland opens.
1982: Seth Rogen is born.
1973: Walt Disney Store opens.
1968: Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings. [Frankly, that is ridiculous.]
1961: "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances. [My RCC song was from Music Man. Haha.]
1959: Emma Thompson is born.
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s color line, but goes hitless in his major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1933: Elizabeth Montgomery is born.
1931: First walk across American backwards begins. [How many times have people walked backwards across America?]
1923: First commercial screening of motion pictures with sound-on-film at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
1912: The RMS Titanic, sinks at 2:20am as the band plays on, two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg the previous day. 1,517 people are killed.
1892: The General Electric Company is formed.
1878: Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap.
1877: First telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts.
1865: Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot hours earlier, the previous day.
1802: William Wordsworth and his sister see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
1800: James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole.
1793: Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note.
1784: First balloon flight in Ireland.
1738: Bottle opener invented.
1452: Leonardo da Vinci is born.
1990: Shannon Lynch and Emma Watson are born on Easter Sunday.
1988: Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City. [My Acting I monologue was from that show.]
1983: Tokyo Disneyland opens.
1982: Seth Rogen is born.
1973: Walt Disney Store opens.
1968: Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings. [Frankly, that is ridiculous.]
1961: "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances. [My RCC song was from Music Man. Haha.]
1959: Emma Thompson is born.
1947: Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s color line, but goes hitless in his major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1933: Elizabeth Montgomery is born.
1931: First walk across American backwards begins. [How many times have people walked backwards across America?]
1923: First commercial screening of motion pictures with sound-on-film at New York City's Rivoli Theater.
1912: The RMS Titanic, sinks at 2:20am as the band plays on, two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg the previous day. 1,517 people are killed.
1892: The General Electric Company is formed.
1878: Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap.
1877: First telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts.
1865: Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot hours earlier, the previous day.
1802: William Wordsworth and his sister see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
1800: James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole.
1793: Bank of England hands out 1st £5 note.
1784: First balloon flight in Ireland.
1738: Bottle opener invented.
1452: Leonardo da Vinci is born.