Hello.
We’re glad you are here! Welcome to your weekend and thank you for spending some of it with us as we round the corner into the homestretch of April. There are Spring showers, there are race runners, and there are many moments to cherish as we sink into the last weekend of this month.
The days seem to fly by faster all the time. For that reason we like to intentionally slow things down on weekend mornings with a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just an easy look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, April 27th, the 117th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1865, more than 14-hundred people were killed when the steamship “Sultana” exploded en route to Cairo, Illinois. “The Sultana” was carrying some 23-hundred passengers, many of whom were Union soldiers returning home after the Civil War.
In 1937, the nation’s first Social Security checks were distributed.
In 1946, the “S-S African Star” became the first commercial carrier ship to be equipped with radar.
In 1965, Hall-of-Fame newscaster and commentator Edward R. Murrow died at the age of 57.
In 1965, R-C Duncan received a patent for “Pampers” brand disposable diapers.
In 2005, thousands gathered in Toulouse, France to witness the historic test flight of the world’s largest aircraft — the Airbus A-380. The three-hour maiden voyage proved to be a huge success. The Airbus A380 is a twin-deck plane designed to routinely carry around 550 passengers on long-haul flights. It cost more than 15-billion dollars to design and build.
In 2011, in an attempt to silence critics who continued to question his place of birth, President Obama posted a copy of his birth certificate on the White House website to prove that he was born in Hawaii and is indeed a United States citizen.
In 2011, tornadoes ravaged states in the Deep South leaving dozens of people dead and hundreds of others injured. A state of emergency was declared for Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and almost 40 counties in Mississippi.
In 2016, it was announced that Prince’s Paisley Park was going to be turned into a museum in Chanhassen, Minnesota in his honor.
In 2018, South Korean president Moon Jae-In and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for a summit. Kim met Moon Jae-in at the border, shook his hand, and then walked to the other side for a welcoming ceremony. It marked the first time a North Korean leader has been in South Korea since the Korean War.
In 2019, Pope Francis donated 500-thousand dollars to migrants on their way to the U.S. who became stranded in Mexico.
In 2019, one person was killed and three others were injured after a shooter opened fire in a synagogue in California.
In 2020, the world passed three million known cases of the coronavirus.
In 2022, SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon capsule with four astronauts. This included Jessica Watkins, making her the first black woman to serve on an extended mission on the International Space Station.
In 2023, after 1,196 episodes James Corden’s final appearance as host of “The Late Late Show” aired on CBS.
In 2023, talk show host Jerry Springer died at the age of 79.
In 2024, NASA engineers successfully restored communication with Voyager 1 after a 5-month blackout, reconnecting with the spacecraft nearly 15 billion miles from Earth.
That brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your own 4.26.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
