A thought for the day: When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. -- American actor George Lopez

On this date in history:

In 1635, the first public school in America, the Boston Latin School, was opened.

In 1898, the first movie theater opened at the Koster and Bials Music Hall in New York City.

In 1914, Chicago's Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, hosts its first baseball game when the Chicago Chi-...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- English playwright William Shakespeare in 1564
- English painter J.M.W William Turner in 1775
- James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States, in 1791
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Planck in 1858
- Canadian Prime Minister/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester Pearson in...Read more

Today is Tuesday, April 23, the 114th day of 2024 with 252 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.

A thought for the day: No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated. -- American author Ellen Glasgow

On this date in history:

In 1500, explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral arrived in South America, claiming what would later be known as Brazil for Portugal.

In 1889, about 20,000 homesteaders massed along the border of the Oklahoma Territory, awaiting the signal to start the Oklahoma land rush.

In 1914, U.S. forces took...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Spanish Queen Isabella I, who funded the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World, in 1451
- Pope Alexander VIII in 1610
- British novelist Henry Fielding in 1707
- German philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1724
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of Russia's 1917 Communist ...Read more

Today is Monday, April 22, the 113th day of 2024 with 253 to follow.

This is Earth Day.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.

A thought for the day: The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. -- Queen Elizabeth II

On this date in history:

In 1509, Henry VIII became king of England after his father, Henry VII, died.

In 1836, with the battle cry Remember the Alamo! Texas forces under Sam Houston defeated the army of Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at San Jacinto, Texas, opening the path to Texas independence.

In ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Russian ruler Catherine II -- Catherine the Great -- in 1729
- German educator Friedrich Froebel, who established the concept of the kindergarten, in 1782
- British novelist Charlotte Bronte in 1816
- naturalist/author John Muir in 1838
- German sociologist Max Weber in 1864
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Today is Sunday, April 21, the 112th day of 2024 with 254 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.

A thought for the day: "Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind -- American musician Lionel Hampton

On this date in history:

In 1871, the U.S. Congress passed the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, authorizing President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations and use military force to suppress the Klan.

In 1902, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Roman Catholic St. Rose of Lima in 1586
- French Emperor Napoleon III in 1808
- sculptor Daniel Chester French in 1850
- German dictator Adolf Hitler in 1889
- silent film comedian Harold Lloyd in 1893
- Spanish surrealist painter Joan Miro in 1893
- musician Lionel...Read more

Today is Saturday, April 20, the 111th day of 2024 with 255 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus.