Friday, April 21

Good morning!

Today we will finish "Cinderella Man"

Current Events

Remembering the last known person born in the 1800's; she passed last week at 117 - NYT

Did you catch the iceberg that ran ashore off the coast of Newfoundland? NYT

Today in History

• 1836

  Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.

• 1910

  Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.

• 1918

  Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.

• 1960

  Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.

• 1975

  South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned.

• 1980

  Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.

• 1995

  Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

• 1997

  The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.