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On This Day:
Tuesday April 21, 2009
This is the 111th day of the year, with 254 days remaining in 2009.
Fact of the Day: Kindergarten
Kindergarten (German for 'children's garden') is a term coined by
Friedrich Froebel of Germany, who was a pupil of the Swiss originators of the
idea - though Maria Montessori had the same idea in Italy. In 1837 in Prussia,
Froebel opened "a school for the psychological training of little children by
means of play." By applying the name 'kindergarten,' he tried to describe it as
an environment in which children grew freely like plants in a garden.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Anselm, St. Beuno, St. Maelrubba, St. Ethilwald, St.
Anastasius of Antioch, St. Conrad of Prazham, and St. Simeon Barsabas and
Others.
Brazil: Tiradentes Day.
Texas: San Jacinto Day.
Indonesia: Kartini Day.
Events
753 B.C.E. - Legend says Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, founded
Rome.
1509 - Henry VIII became King of England.
1836 - Sam Houston's Texas army defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto,
assuring Texas independence.
1895 - Woodville Latham demonstrated motion picture projection in New
York. He had improved upon George Eastman's invention of the motion picture
film to make it project upon a screen.
1940 - The quiz show "Take It or Leave It, " premiered on radio; this was
the show that asked the "$64 Question."
1960 - The new city of Brasilia was declared the capital of Brazil,
replacing Rio de Janeiro.
1975 - South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned after ten
years in office.
1977 - The musical "Annie" opened on Broadway.
1989 - Over 100,000 students gathered at Beijing's Tiananmen Square to
commemorate the death of Hu Yaobang and voice their discontent with China's
authoritative communist government.
Births
1782 - Friedrich Froebel, educator, founder of kindergarten.
1816 - Charlotte Brontë, English author.
1838 - John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist and conservationist.
1926 - Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), queen of UK (1952-
).
1935 - Charles Grodin, American actor.
1947 - Iggy Pop (born James Newell Osterberg, Jr.), American musician.
Deaths
1910 - Mark Twain, American author and humorist.
1918 - German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," shot
down.
1973 - Arthur Fadden, Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of
Australia.
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