Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Popcorn Ponders the Past






Thirty days has September, April, June and November.....






This day in history.....April 2







1792: Congress establishes the US mint to coin American money









1801: During the naval battle of Copenhagen, Nelson ignores a signal to withdraw by putting the telescope to his blind eye










1958: National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA 1966: Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes spacecraft to orbit Moon







1982: Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands








April 2nd birthdays 742: Charlemagne, French emperor 1725: Giacomo Casanova, Italian lover, writer and philosopher 1805: Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of fairy tales 1840: Emile Zola, French author 1891: Max Ernst, German painter 1914: Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen




April 2, 2008....I wonder what bloggers of the future will write here??

2 comments:

elizabeth said...

so deep mom! you're presh.

Popcorn said...

You're presh youngin'. Mama loves you.