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Saturday, April 22, 2000 — Earth Day |
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at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, California .jpg) Bridegroom and Bride reading love letters to each other on how they met before exchanging wedding vows at Villa Montalvo. |
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Born on this day: 1451 Queen Isabella of Spain, patron of Columbus 1658 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer 1707 Henry Fielding, British novelist 1724 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher 1766 Madame de Staël, Swiss-French writer 1777 Henry Clay, American statesman 1870 Nikolai Lenin, Russian revolutionist 1904 J Robert Oppenheimer, head of A-bomb project 1908 Eddie Albert, actor 1916 Yehudi Menuhin, violinist 1919 Donald Cram, Nobel chemist 1922 Charles Minus, jazz musician 1928 Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer 1935 Glen Campbell, actor/singer 1937 Jack Nicholson, actor 1950 Peter Frampton, rock guitarist |
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Events on this day: 687 BC China record meteor shower in Lyra 1145 19th recorded perihelion of Halley's Comet 1500 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil 1861 Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia forces 1864 First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started 1906 Olympic games held in Athens, Greece 1964 New York World's Fair opens in Flushing Meadows 1970 First Earth Day held internationally 1972 Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on the moon 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show 1976 Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor 1988 Women allowed to compete in the Little 500 bicycle race in Bloomington, Indiana, for the first time. 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5000th batter 1991 Intel releases the 486X microchip 2000 May Cheung marries James McCarthy at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, California |
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Lots of wonderful people were born on this day as well as memorable events of achievements. May your wedding day be just as wonderful and memorable on this beautiful Earth Day!
With well wishes, |