April 8 Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
April 8 History Highlights |
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Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution |
| Passed on April 8, 1913. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution |
April 8 is… |
| Empanada Day Dog Fighting Awareness Day Draw a Picture of a Bird Day Milk in Glass Bottles Day Zoo Lover’s Day |
April 8 Birthday Quotes |
“The world never puts a price on you higher than the one you put on yourself.” “Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it…If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.” “Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread–without it, it’s flat.” “They say I look and sound ugly but I don’t be carin’.” “Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change.” |
April 8 Birthdays |
| 1892 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress and producer, co-founded United Artists (died in 1979) 1896 – Yip Harburg, American composer (died in 1981) 1912 – Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress (died in 1969) 1918 – Betty Ford (Elizabeth Bloomer), 40th American First Lady (died in 2011) 1922 – Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (died in 1994) 1926 – Shecky Greene, American comedic actor 1942 – Douglas Trumbull, American special effects artist 1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist/songwriter 1949 – Brenda Russell, African-American-Canadian singer/songwriter 1960 – John Schneider, American actor 1963 – Julian Lennon, English singer-songwriter 1964 – Biz Markie, American rapper 1966 – Robin Wright, American actress 1968 – Patricia Arquette, French-Canadian Russian/Polish Jewish-American actress 1973 – Emma Caulfield, American actress 1980 – Katee Sackhoff, American actress 1984 – Ezra Koenig, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1984 – Taran Noah Smith, American actor 1990 – Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, 27 club (died in 2017) |
April 8 History |
| 1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, was dedicated. 1820 – The Venus de Milo statue was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. 1838 (Tornado) Calcutta, India. 1873 – The first commercially successful margarine manufacturing process was Patented (No. 137,564) by Alfred Paraf of New York. 1879 – A “Fire Escape Ladder” was Patented (#214,224) by J.R. Winters. 1879 – Echo Farms Dairy Co. of New York sold milk in glass bottles for the first time in the US. 1911 – Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity. April 8, 19** Birthday (fictional) Alfred Pennyworth, Batman, DC Comics 1952 – US President Harry Truman announced the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. 1953 – Man in the Dark, the first 3D motion picture produced and released by a major company, opened at the Globe Theater in New York City. 1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language, leading to COBOL. 1964 – Gemini 1, an unmanned test flight, was launched. April 8, 1968 Birthday (fictional) Chandler Bing, Friends, TV 1988 – #1 Hit April 8, 1989 – April 14, 1989: Roxette – The Look 1990 – Twin Peaks premiered on ABC 1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he had AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. 1994 – Lead Singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain was found dead, having committed suicide three days earlier. 2000 – #1 Hit April 8, 2000 – June 16, 2000: Santana featuring The Product G&B – Maria Maria 2006 – #1 Hit April 8, 2006 – May 12, 2006: Daniel Powter – Bad Day |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| “Hallo. Vould you like a roll in ze hay? It’s fun. Roll, roll, roll in ze hay.” – Inga #moviequotes Han shot first. #true “I’m not a crook!” – Richard Nixon Arby’s isn’t named after the RB in Roast Beef, but rather the initials of the Raffel Brothers (R.B.) who founded the franchise. Bono – Real Name: Paul Hewson “Million dollar ideas are a dime a dozen. The determination to see the idea through is what’s priceless.” – Robert Dieffenbach When the years switch to 5 digits, will years be displayed with a comma? #planningahead Crayola means ‘oily chalk’, from the words ‘craie’ (French for ‘chalk’) and ‘ola’ for ‘oleaginous’ or ‘oily’. Biggest film of 2007: Spider-Man 3 (Action/Adventure) earned ~ $336,000,000 TV Quotes… “Come on down!” (Johnny Olson) on “The Price is Right” Whoever invented knock knock jokes should get a no bell prize. “Open the pod bay doors please, Hal.” – David Bowman (Keir Dullea) #moviequotes Sheldon Cooper would hate a show like The Big Bang Theory. |
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