April 7th

Good Morning, it's hump day - Wednesday April 7th...everything is downhill to the weekend now.
What happened on this day:1933 - Prohibition ended in the United States.
1940 - Booker T. Washington became the first black to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp.
1949 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific" opened on Broadway.
1963 - At the age of 23, Jack Nicklaus became the youngest golfer to win the Green Jacket at the Masters Tournament.
1970 - John Wayne won his first and only Oscar for his role in "True Grit." He had been in over 200 films.

Holidays: Today is Caramenl Popcorn Day. (Does that mean that tomorrow will be see your dentist day?)

Births:1860 W.K. Kellogg, 1915 Billie Holliday, 1928 James Garner, 1933 Wayne Rogers (MASH), 1939 Francis Ford Coppella (director), 1954 Jackie Chan
Deaths: 0030 Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem (scholars' estimate, according to astronomer Schaefer) 1891 P[hineas] T Barnum US circus promoter (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 80; 1947 Henry Ford; 1994 Kurt Cobain grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27

Word of the day: Megrim - a migraine; a fancy or whim;

Fact of the day: The popular dice game known as Yahtzee was created by a Canadian couple who played it aboard their yacht — hence the name.

Quote of the day:
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery