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27 April 4977 BCE: Universe is created, according to Johannes Kepler

26 April 1913: Girl murdered in pencil factory

25 April 1983: Yuri Andropov writes to an American 5th-grader

24 April 1982: Jane Fonda’s first Workout video released

23 April 1564: William Shakespeare born

22 April 1886: Seduction is made illegal

21 April 753 BCE: Rome founded

20 April 2008: Danica Patrick becomes the first female winner of the Indy 500

19 April 1897: First Boston Marathon held

18 April 1906: The great San Francisco earthquake hits

17 April 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Nutmeg is poisonous when injected intravenously

16 April 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ The word "samba" means: "to rub navels together"

15 April 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"

14 April 1865: President Lincoln is shot

13 April 1742: Handel's Messiah premieres in Dublin

12 April 1861: The Civil War begins

11 April 1970: Apollo 13 launched to the moon

10 April 1906: Fud Livingston is born

9 April 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Thelonius Monk's middle name is "Sphere"

8 April1974: Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run

7 April 1994: Civil war erupts in Rwanda

6 April 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey released

5 April 1994: Kurt Cobain dies

4 April 1968: Dr. King is assassinated

3 April 2012: A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.

2 April 2005: Pope John Paul II dies

1 April 1700: April Fools' tradition popularized

31 March 1889: Eiffel Tower opens

30 March 1981: President Reagan shot

29 March 1973: US withdraws from Vietnam

28 March 1939: Spanish Civil War ends

27 March 1998: FDA approves Viagra

26 March 2012: Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.

25 March 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in NYC

24 March 2012: Astronauts get taller when they are in space.

23 March 1839: "OK" enters the nation's vernacular

22 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "Enjoy the silence."

21 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "Will you/won't you/will you/won't you/won't you join the dance?"

20 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "Keep feeling fascination/Looking learning/Moving on"

19 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "Don't give up/You've got the music in you"

18 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "Hey there cutes/Put on your dancin' boots/And come dance with me"

17 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "I feel good in a special way/I'm in love and it's a sunny day"

16 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "We gonna walk down to Electric Avenue"

15 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "There's a new sensation/A fabulous creation/A danceable solution/To teenage revolution"

14 March 2012: Song lyric of the day~ "If you should fall/into my arms/tremble like a flower"

13 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ When you blush the lining of your stomach also turns red.

12 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

11 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Pinnocchio is Italian for "eyes of pine."

10 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

9 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ A dime has 118 ridges around its edges.

8 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ The song with the longest title is "I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues" written by Hoagy Carmichael in 1943.

7 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Coca Cola was originally green.

6 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ The Cat in the Hat's first name is Abraham.

5 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ In a very early draft of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones carried brass knuckles instead of a bullwhip.

4 March 2012: Fun Fact of the day~ Marie Curie had a pet tiger named X-ray.

3 March 1887: Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan

2 March 1900: Kurt Weill is born

1 March 1692: Salem Witch Hunt begins

29th February 1868: Gioachino Rossini's "55th" birthday

28th February 1953: Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA

27th February 1827: Masked and costumed New Orleanian students take to the streets for Mardi Gras, beginning an annual tradition

26th February 1928: Fats Domino is born in New Orleans

25th February 1956: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet

24th February 1836: Alamo defenders call for help

23rd February 1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima

22nd February 1892: Edna St. Vincent Millay is born

21st February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated

20th February 1950: Dylan Thomas arrives in New York for his first reading tour of the USA

19th February 1970: Chicago Seven sentenced

18th February 1931: Toni Morrison's birthday

17th February 1904: Puccini's Madama Butterfly premieres at La Scala

16th February 1923: King Tut's tomb is opened

15th February 1903: First Teddy Bear goes on sale

14th February 278: St. Valentine beheaded

13th February 1633: Galileo faces inquisition in Rome

12th February 1924: Rhapsody In Blue, by George Gershwin, performed for first time

11th February 1990: Nelson Mandela released from prison.

10th February 1972: Ziggy Stardust makes his earthly debut.

9th February 1942: Daylight saving time instituted

8th February 1986: Spud Webb wins dunk contest

7th February 1812: Charles Dickens is born.

6th February 1937: John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is published.

5th February 1881: Phoenix, Ariz., was incorporated.

4th February 1983: Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia.

3rd February 1953: French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau publishes his most famous and lasting work, The Silent World.

2nd February 1887: First Groundhog Day ever. Features "rodent meteorologist" Punxsutawney Phil. And you thought that was just a Bill Murray film.

1st February 1896: Puccini's La Bohème premieres in Turin, Italy.

31st January 1990: First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union.

30th January 1948: Gandhi is assassinated, while 113 years in the past, Andrew Jackson narrowly escapes assassination.

29th January 2002: George W. Bush makes "Axis of Evil" speech.

28th January 1986: Challenger explodes.

27th January 1991: New York Giants win Super Bowl XXV, beating the Buffalo Bills 20-19.

26th January 1936: The so-called "Mad Butcher" terrorizes Cleveland. A string of gruesome murders go unsolved.

25th January 1964: The Beatles get their first number one with "I want To Hold Your Hand" on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.