Greetings on this Saturday!
Few of us will forget living through these times. So, as we are experiencing an Easter weekend unlike any other, we just thought we would share some other events from this day in history.
Today, Saturday April 11, 2020 we are sheltering in place and living through the Coronavirus Pandemic.
But in years past, here is what some other April 11th’s looked like:
April 11th, the 102nd day of the year. There are 265 days until the end of the year. On this day:
In 1890, John Merrick, the disfigured man dubbed “the Elephant Man,” died at the age of 27.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to play major league baseball when he suited up for an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law.
In 1970, Paul McCartney announced he would never again record with John Lennon.
In 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was intended to land on the moon, but the mission was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later. Despite several obstacles, including limited power, shortage of water, loss of cabin heat and more, the crew safely returned to Earth on April 17th.
In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.
In 1997, fire damaged Italy’s 500-year-old San Giovanni Cathedral, home of the Shroud of Turin.
In 2003, seven American POWs held captive since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq were found walking along a road 40 miles north of Baghdad after U.S. Marines were tipped off to their whereabouts by an Iraqi citizen. The soldiers, from the 507th Maintenance Company, were taken prisoner after an ambush near Nassirya on March 23rd, 2003 — four days after the March 19th invasion of Iraq.
WHAT ABOUT BIRTHDAY’S?
And if you have a birthday today, you are sharing it with a Kennedy. Ethel Kennedy is 92. (Born 1928) She is the widow of former United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.
Tony and Academy Award-winning actor Joel Grey is 88. (Born 1932) He won the awards for the stage and screen versions of “Cabaret.” His other credits include the films “The Fantasticks” and “Dancer in the Dark” and the Broadway shows “Wicked,” “George M!,” “Goodtime Charlie,” and “The Grand Tour.”
Actress Louise Lasser is 81. (Born 1939) She portrayed the title character on the TV series “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” Her other credits include the films “Wolves of Wall Street,” “Requiem for a Dream,” “Mystery Men,” and “Bananas.”
Actor Peter Riegert is 73. (Born 1947) His credits include the TV series “Damages,” and the movies “Traffic,” “The Mask,” and “Animal House.”
Former Bush guitarist Nigel Pulsford is 59. (Born 1961)
Whatever you April 11th, 2020 brings you, stay well and enjoy the day!
-The 7.1.5. Newsroom
