Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Today in History for 4th June 2014
Historical Events
1919 - US marines invade Costa Rica
1944 - French general De Gaulle arrives in London
1953 - Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
1969 - Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group
1989 - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
2012 - Wedding party bus crashes killing 23 and injuring 60 people in Islamabad, Pakistan
Famous Birthdays
1744 - Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780)
1893 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
1951 - Wendy Pini, American comic book writer and artist
1953 - Susumu Ojima, Japanese entrepreneur (Huser)
1953 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
1963 - Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
Famous Deaths
1394 - Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry IV of England (b. c 1369)
1809 - Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
1872 - Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
2004 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
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Brain Teaser 6/04/2014
2. Which is more, seconds in 100 hours or inches in 100 yards?
3. Why are 1980 pennies worth more than 1979 pennies?
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Istead of money, Toyota donated efficiency to the Food Bank of NYC…
Instead of money, Toyota donated efficiency to the Food Bank of NYC. Their experts cut wait times in a Harlem soup kitchen from 90 minutes to 18 minutes. In one Brooklyn warehouse, simply changing the size of boxes allowed workers to cut packing time from 3 minutes to just 11 seconds.
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Virtually all Middle Ages scholars believed that the Earth is spherical…
Virtually all Middle Ages scholars believed that the Earth is spherical. The myth that people in the Middle Ages thought the earth is flat appears to date from the 17th century as part of the campaign by Protestants against Catholic teaching.
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In 2010, when Tokyo officials went to congratulate the oldest man…
In 2010, when Tokyo officials went to congratulate the oldest man in the city on his 111th birthday, they instead found his skeletal remains on his bed. He had been dead for 30 years and the family was taking in the pension money he was still receiving.
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