Saturday History
By Andrews McMeel Syndicate
Today is the 114th day of 2021 and the 36th day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
— In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States.
— In 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood began the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, seizing several key locations and proclaiming Irish independence.
— In 1980, the United States launched Operation Eagle Claw, an unsuccessful attempt to free American hostages in Iran that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.
— In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle Discovery.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), artist; Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), novelist/poet; Richard Donner (1930-), filmmaker; Shirley MacLaine (1934-), actress; Sue Grafton (1940-2017), author; Barbra Streisand (1942-), singer/actress; Cedric the Entertainer (1964-), comedian/actor; Djimon Hounsou (1964-), actor; Aidan Gillen (1968-), actor; Damon Lindelof (1973-), TV writer/executive; Kelly Clarkson (1982-), singer-songwriter.
TODAY’S FACT: The Hubble Space Telescope’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, is scheduled for launch in October 2021. NASA estimates that Hubble will make its natural atmospheric re-entry between 2030 and 2040.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1901, the first American League game was played. The Chicago White Stockings defeated the Cleveland Blues, 8-2.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn’t mean there’s a point.” — Sue Grafton, “C is for Corpse”
TODAY’S NUMBER: $300 million — price reportedly paid by hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin for the Willem de Kooning painting “Interchange” in a private sale in September 2015. It was the highest known price paid for a painting until November 2017, when da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” sold for $450.3 million.
TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (April 20) and full moon (April 26).
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