The Glade 4.0

Today is Friday, April 16, the 106th day of 2010. There are 259 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On April 16, 1789, President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Va., for his inauguration in New York.

On this date:

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia.

In 1879, St. Bernadette, who'd described seeing visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, died in Nevers (neh-VEHR'), France.

In 1910, Boston Arena (now Matthews Arena) first opened.

In 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia after years of exile.

In 1935, the radio comedy program "Fibber McGee and Molly" premiered on NBC's Blue Network.

In 1947, the French ship Grandcamp blew up at the harbor in Texas City, Texas; another ship, the High Flyer, exploded the following day. The blasts and resulting fires killed nearly 600 people.

In 1960, shortly before midnight, rock-and-roll performer Eddie Cochran, 21, was fatally injured in a taxi crash in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; he died the next day.

In 1972, Apollo 16 blasted off on a voyage to the moon.

In 1996, Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were divorcing.

In 2007, in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, student Seung-Hui Cho (sung-wee joh) killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life.

Ten years ago: The International Monetary Fund concluded a protest-marred opening session in Washington with a statement repeating past pledges to seek greater debt relief for the poorest countries and reform the IMF so it could better prevent financial crises.

Five years ago: Marla Ruzicka (roo-ZEE'-kah), the founder of a humanitarian group to aid civilian casualties in Iraq, was killed in a car bombing in Baghdad. Cardinals meeting at the Vatican destroyed the late Pope John Paul II's ring and seal to formally end his reign. Authorities in Hillsborough County, Fla., found the body of missing 13-year-old Sarah Michelle Lunde (LUHN'-dee). A suspect in her death, David Lee Onstott, was later convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Actress Kay Walsh died in London at age 93; some sources reported 90.

One year ago: President Barack Obama issued a statement saying CIA officials who'd used harsh interrogation tactics during the Bush administration would not be prosecuted; the president traveled to Mexico, where he pledged to help the country in its battle against drugs and violence. The crew of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama, who'd thwarted pirates off the Somali coast, returned to the U.S.; ship's captain Richard Phillips, held hostage for five days, arrived in Kenya aboard the USS Bainbridge. U.N. nuclear experts ordered by North Korea to leave departed the country. The Cleveland Indians ruined the Yankees' first game at their new stadium by beating New York 10-2.

Today's Birthdays: Pope Benedict XVI is 83. Actor Peter Mark Richman is 83. Singer Bobby Vinton is 75. Denmark's Queen Margrethe II is 70. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 63. Singer Gerry Rafferty is 63. NFL coach Bill Belichick is 58. Rock singer-turned-politician Peter Garrett is 57. Actress Ellen Barkin is 56. Rock musician Jason Scheff (Chicago) is 48. Singer Jimmy Osmond is 47. Rock singer David Pirner (Soul Asylum) is 46. Actor-comedian Martin Lawrence is 45. Actor Jon Cryer is 45. Rock musician Dan Rieser is 44. Actor Peter Billingsley is 39. Actor Lukas Haas is 34.

Thought for Today: "Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. " — George Herbert, English author, 1593-1633.

(Above Advance for Use Friday, April 16)

Copyright 2010, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

This is something I thought I would start. I can't promise I will do it every day, but if anyone else doesn't see it up and wants to run with it, please help yourself.

You can find these at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/history every day. Interesting tidbits that may interest you, and produce discussion.

Enjoy!

I will read this. I would read it even more devotedly if Gladers did it, and compiled the lists themselves.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Considering people's time constraints...I don't think it would be very viable. Nor would I expect anyone here to take the initiative. That said......it is merely for everyday recognition and entertainment. Do with it what you will.

April 16, 1984 I blew my nose by myself for the first time.
April 16, 1986 I learned how to play twinkle twinkle little start on the violin.

Disclaimer: These events actually occurred but may not have taken place exactly on the date specified.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

April 16, 2009 - recerted and passed my ACLS class.

April 16, 2010-helped fish a tooth out that was broken off during intubation. (2nd time that has happened in past few days)

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

On this day in 1582, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. From what I heard, no one cried.

On this day in 1881, in Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. And 3 minutes later, Robin Pinkerton exclaims his last statement with "Holy Six Shooters Bat Masterson!!"

On this day in 1943, Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD. He is later found by his research assistant leading the lab rats in an energetic rendition of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" by Judy Garland.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."