ORTHODOX EASTER

Celebration of Easter by Orthodox Christians around the world following the Julian calendar. See how Easter dates are calculated at www.Almanac.com/easter

1510s

• DIED 1519: LEONARDO DA VINCI (ARTIST)

1670s

• 1670: HUDSON’S BAY CO. CHARTERED

1840s

• 1843: FIRST PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST APPROVED, CHAMPOEG, OREGON

1880s

• 1885: GOOD HOUSEKEEPING MAGAZINE DEBUTED
• 1887: FIRST U.S. KINDERGARTEN FOR THE BLIND OPENED

1900s

• BORN 1903: DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK (PEDIATRICIAN)

1920s

• 1926: FIRST DRAWING SENT BY RADIO ACROSS ATLANTIC

1930s

• BORN 1930: BERNARD SLADE (TELEVISION WRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT)

1940s

• 1946: ALCATRAZ PRISON RIOTS BEGAN

1950s

• BORN 1952: CHRISTINE BARANSKI (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1957: JOSEPH MCCARTHY (U.S. SENATOR)

1960s

• 1964: NORTHERN DANCER BECAME FIRST CANADIAN HORSE TO WIN KENTUCKY DERBY
• BORN 1964: KELLY GIBSON (GOLFER)

1970s

• 1972: NINETY-ONE PEOPLE KILLED IN MINE DISASTER CAUSED BY A FIRE AT THE SUNSHINE SILVER MINE IN IDAHO
• DIED 1972: J. EDGAR HOOVER (DIRECTOR OF U.S. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION)
• BORN 1972: DWAYNE JOHNSON (ACTOR)
• BORN 1975: DAVID BECKHAM (SOCCER PLAYER)

1980s

• BORN 1985: KYLE BUSCH (RACE CAR DRIVER)
• BORN 1985: SARAH HUGHES (OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST FIGURE SKATER)

1990s

• 1997: THE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED, WASHINGTON, D.C.
• 1997: TONY BLAIR BECAME PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

2000s

• DIED 2007: WALTER M. “WALLY” SCHIRRA JR. (ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MERCURY SEVEN ASTRONAUTS AND THE ONLY MAN TO FLY IN ALL THREE OF NASA’S EARLIEST MANNED SPACESHIPS)
• DIED 2009: JACK KEMP (FOOTBALL PLAYER & POLITICIAN)
• 2009: HORSE MINE THAT BIRD WON KENTUCKY DERBY

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