ON THIS DAY~APRIL 24

     1979  Nicolle Michelle Caouette Born at 8:15 pm

 

It was on this day many many moons ago, when I was sitting in a position similar to the way I am now when you were born.  Yes, I was swearing like a sailor and chucking ice at the nurses as I felt like I was sitting on a box of dynamite. 

 

But, it was all worth it, because this was the day you were born my dear, an 8 lb baby girl.  Now you could have waited until I got up to the labor and delivery rooms.   No, you were so anxious to come into this world you were born in the wheelchair on the way. 

 

The nurses learned and important lesson that day ~ When a Mom-to -Be says 'I think the baby is coming NOW', SHE means NOW!

 

I love you heart of my heart, always Mom

 

 

1800  Library of Congress, the Largest Library in the World Was Established

President John Adams approves legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress," thus establishing the Library of Congress. The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the U.S. Capitol, the library's first home. The first library catalog, dated April 1802, listed 964 volumes and nine maps. Twelve years later, the British army invaded the city of Washington and burned the Capitol, including the then 3,000-volume Library of Congress.

Former president Thomas Jefferson, who advocated the expansion of the library during his two terms in office, responded to the loss by selling his personal library, the largest and finest in the country, to Congress to "recommence" the library. The purchase of Jefferson's 6,487 volumes was approved in the next year.

 

1916  Easter Rebellion Begins

On this day in 1916, on EasterMonday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British provincial government headquarters across Dublin and seized the Irish capital's General Post Office. Following these successes, they proclaimed the independence of Ireland, which had been under the repressive thumb of the United Kingdom for centuries, and by the next morning were in control of much of the city. Later that day, however, British authorities launched a counteroffensive, and by April 29 the uprising had been crushed. Nevertheless, the Easter Rebellion is considered a significant marker on the road to establishing an independent Irish republic.

 

1934  Laurens Hammond Announced Developement & Patent of the Pipeless Organ.

A major annoucement for many churches

 

1954  Billboard magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, “Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues” ... a sign of times to come

Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’s fancy.

 

1945  Truman Is Briefed On Manhattan Project

President Harry Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb, on this day in 1945. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world’s first weapon of mass destruction.

 

1953  Churchill Knighted

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

 

1962  First Coast-to-Coast Satellite Telecast

The first coast-to-coast telecast by satellite takes place on this day in 1962. Signals from California were bounced off the first experimental communications satellite, Echo I, and received in Massachusetts.

 

1969  The singing family, The Cowsills, received a gold record for their hit single, Hair, from the Broadway show of the same name.

 

 1980  Hostage Rescue Mission Ends In Disaster

On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued.

 

1981  The First Personal Computer Is Put On The market by IBM

Happy Birthday Puter!!

 

1985  There Were a Reported 832,602 Millionaires in the United States on This Day, According to Researchers

The average millionaire was 57 years old. A majority (85 percent) held college degrees. 20 percent were retired and 70 percent were self-employed.

 

BIRTHDAYS

 

1934  Shirley MacLaine (Shirley MacLean Beaty)  Academy Award-Winning Actress

1936  Jill Ireland  Actress

1942  Barbra (Joan) Streisand  Grammy Award-winning Best Female Pop Vocalist

 

 

~HAIR by THE COWSILLS~