Friday, April 6, 2012

Tartan Day (US & Canada)

QUOTE OF THE DAY:


TODAY IN HISTORY:
ABBA
Celluloid

  • 1869 Celluloid is patented.
  • 1930 Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
  • 1974 ABBA win the 19th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Waterloo.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Do you remember the transgender Miss Universe contestant? Watch the ABC interview with Barbara Walters. Is beer belly myth or reality? Listen to the BBC interview. What is it with tornadoes? Watch the CNN educational report. Are you ready for a movie about the election of a Pope? Listen to the NPR report. How do Germans celebrate Good Friday? Watch the Reuters report. Is autism on the rise? Read the Time article. What exactly happened to the Titanic a century ago? Watch the Yahoo report discussing a documentary.

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