APRIL 13, 2020

Today is:

National Make Lunch Count Day — Forget the idea of a “working lunch” or even working through lunch.  Turn everything off, and take time for yourself and your lunch today!  Enjoy that extended lunch break.

National Peach Cobbler Day — Ooey, gooey peaches baked in a dish with a crumb/oat topping… what could be better??  Why not try some today on that lunch break you should be enjoying!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

	GUY FAWKES (1570-1606) — English soldier and revolutionary.  Planner of the Gunpowder Plot.
	THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) — Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States.
	BUTCH CASSIDY  (1866-1908) — American bank and train robber.  Leader of the “Wild Bunch” in the American west with the Sundance Kid.
	SAMUEL BECKETT (1906-1989) — Irish author, poet, and Playwright.  Nobel  laureate, 1969.
	PETER DAVISON (1951) — English actor (Doctor Who – 5th Doctor, All Creatures Great and Small)

 

TODAY IN HISTORY

1861 – Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, SC surrenders to Confederate forces after a nightlong bombardment.
1870 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is founded.
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC is dedicated on the 200th anniversary of the President’s birth.
1964 – Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win  Best Actor at the Academy Awards for his performance in Lillies of the Field.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament, at the age of 21.