Thursday, April 10, 2008

Oh yeah, the interesting things about today...

Sorry, with all the excitement of leaving and packing i forgot to include these for today.

Today is Dust the Ceiling Fan Day, a day for those who finished their spring cleaning, but forgot to dust the blades on the ceiling fan.

Today is National Siblings Day, a day to honor and celebrate brothers and sisters.

Today is D.A.R.E Day. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program is now in nearly 5 percent of American school districts.

Today is Salvation Army Founders Day. On April 10, 1829, Methodist Pastor William Booth started an outreach ministry in London to house and feed the poor. Almost 50 years later, in 1878, he named the ministry The Salvation Army.

Today is National Teach Children to Save Day.

Today is National Cinnamon Crescent Day.

1986: When a Salem, Oregon, movie theater offered half-price tickets to see "Young Sherlock Homes" to anyone dressed as a movie star, 400 costumed customers showed up. Unfortunately, the star dressed as Edward G. Robinson pulled a gun and robbed the box office.

1988: Thirteen cars, 13 pianos, and the rest of Liberace's estate went on the auction block. One piano brought $42,500.

1990: Singer Sinead O'Connor's album, "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," sold a half-million copies in one day.

1993: Police in Charles City, Virginia, easily tracked an accused drug dealer after he bolted and ran into the woods late at night. He was wearing athletic shoes equipped with battery-operated flashing lights.

1999: The Miami Heat humiliated the Chicago Bulls, 82-49, holding the Bulls to the lowest NBA point total since the introduction of the shot clock.

1999: Women serving in the Danish army were furious when a male supply officer purchased brassieres, all the same size, for 500 women soldiers. The officer said the manufacturer claimed 34-C would fit 90% of Danish women. The women vehemently disagreed.

2000: Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 400 home runs. He was 30 years, 141 days old.

2002: A 25-year-old Westport, New Zealand man facing charges of driving without a license had an auto accident on his way to court. He collided with the judge who was due to hear his case. No one was physically hurt. The case was rescheduled before a different judge.

2006: U.N. personnel identified more than 100 new cases of bird flu in central and northern Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, in a one-month period.

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