APRIL 28, 2020

Today is:

Great Poetry Reading Day — Coming at the end of National Poetry Month, today is the day for everyone to read poetry — whether to each other, to ourselves, or just out loud for the whole world to hear!

National Blueberry Pie Day — Nothing more needs to be said — one of the most popular pies out there gets its own day!

National Superhero Day — Whether they be fictional superheroes, or those you consider a superhero in real life, today is their day!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

	JAMES MONROE (1758-1831) — American politician, statesman and diplomat.  5th President of the United States.
	OSKAR SCHINDLER (1908-1974) — German businessman credited with saving over 1,200 Jews who worked in his factory from the Holocaust.  Subject of the film Schindler’s List.
	HARPER LEE  (1926-2016) — American novelist (To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman)
	SIR TERRY PRATCHETT (1948-2015) — English satirist, humorist, and fantasy novelist (Discworld series)
	JAY LENO (1950) — American writer, comedian, & former late-night television show host (The Tonight Show).
	ELENA KAGAN  (1960) — American jurist; Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
	JORGE GARCIA (1973) — American actor and comedian.  (LOST, Hawaii Five-O)

 

TODAY IN HISTORY

1788 – Maryland ratifies the US Constitution, the 7th state to do so.
1789 – The Mutiny on the HMS Bounty — Captain William Bligh and 18 crew loyal to him ate set adrift in the South Pacific.
1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japan’s sovereignty and ending its state of war with the World War II Allies.
1973 – Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon reaches #1 on the US Billboard chart and will remain there for a record-setting 741 consecutive weeks.