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On This Day:
Wednesday April 29, 2009
This is the 119th day of the year, with 246 days remaining in 2009.
Fact of the Day: Arbor Day
Arbor Day is a day to honor and plant trees and its celebration (the last
Friday in April, though dates can differ due to local climate) is generally a
good time for planting trees in the U.S. J. Sterling Morton, the U.S. secretary
of agriculture under President Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) was the founder of
Arbor Day. An early proponent of forestation, Morton urged Nebraska, where he
lived, to set aside a day to encourage the planting of trees. The holiday was
first observed in April 1872 and was very successful; more than a million trees
were planted on that first Arbor Day.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, St. Wilfrid the Younger, St. Hugh of
Cluny, St. Endellion, St. Joseph Cottolengo, St. Robert of Molesme, and St.
Peter the Martyr.
Japan: Greenery Day.
Events
1429 - Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory
over the English.
1813 - A patent for rubber was given to J.F. Hummel of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's "Thesaurus" was published.
1854 - Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for
African-American students, was officially chartered.
1861 - Maryland voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1864 - Theta Xi, a fraternity, was founded -- in Troy, New York.
1913 - Swedish-born U.S. inventor Gideon Sundback patented the zipper.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp, the
first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime.
1945 - Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun and designated Admiral Karl Doenitz
his successor. Hitler killed himself the next day.
1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese leaders were indicted as war
criminals.
1992 - Four white policemen in Los Angeles were acquitted of beating
Rodney King, a black motorist, despite videotape evidence.
2003 - The Palestinian parliament approved Mahmoud Abbas as prime
minister.
Births
1792 - Matthew Vassar, American, brewer, founder and namesake of Vassar
College.
1818 - Alexander II, Russian emperor (1855-81), emancipated the serfs in
1861.
1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publishing magnate.
1899 - Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington, American jazz musician,
bandleader.
1901 - Hirohito, Japan's longest reigning emperor (1926-1989).
1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born American conductor, and son of Mehli
Mehta, founder of the Bombay Symphony.
1951 - Dale Earnhardt, stock car driver, with one of the most successful
careers in motorsports.
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian and television celebrity.
1970 - Andre Agassi, professional tennis player.
Deaths
1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director.
2008 - Albert Hofmann, a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing
lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
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