Sunday, April 08, 2018

History for April 8

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History for April 8 - On-This-Day.com:
Guatama Buddha 563 BC - 'The Enlightened One' in the Buddhist faith, Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg 1896 - Song lyricist ("Over the Rainbow," all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz), Elizabeth "Betty" Ford (Bloomer) 1918 - Wife of 38th U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, founder of the Betty Ford Clinic
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 Seymour Hersh 1937 - Investigative reporter, Darlene Gillespie 1941 - TV personality ("The Mickey Mouse Club"), John Schneider 1954 - Singer, actor ("Dukes of Hazzard", "Smallville")
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 1873 - Alfred Paraf patented the first successful oleomargarine.
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 1913 - The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
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 1952 - U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
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 1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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 1975 - Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians became first black manager of a major league baseball team.
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 1986 - Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA.
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 1998 - The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. presented new evidence in an appeal for new federal investigation of the assassination of her husband.
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