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April 1, 2026: Wednesday Before Easter: -- Religion: The History Of Religion: Abrahamic Religions: Christianity: Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "Fortieth"): Holy Week (Holy And Great Week, Passion Week): Holy Wednesday (Great And Holy Wednesday, Holy And Great Wednesday, Good Wednesday, Spy Wednesday): The Tenebrae Service, Day One: -- According to the gospels, on this day, the fifth day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity -- following after Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday. Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday -- and the fourth day of Holy Week in Western Christianity, after Palm Sunday, Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday -- commemorates The Parable Of The Two Debtors, where Jesus explains the merit and nature of forgiveness as Mary Magdele performs The Anointing Of Jesus, while prophesying his upcoming death, and The Bargain Of Judas, when Judas Iscariot become a clandestine spy and betrayer among the disciples, hence its name Spy Wednesday. In Western Christianity the day is also known as Good Wednesday, and many churches of various denominations observe the Tenebrae Service, held during the three days preceding Easter Day and characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service. In Eastern Christianity the day is also known as Great And Holy Wednesday. In the New Testament accounts of Holy Week, after Palm Sunday, the Sanhedrin gathered and plotted to kill Jesus before the Passover Feast; both The Parable Of The Two Debtors and The Bargain Of Judas are interpreted according to this imminent death of Jesus. On the Wednesday before his death, Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper. As he sat at the supper table with his disciples, a woman named Mary anointed Jesus' head and feet with a costly oil in Matthew 26 and Mark 14, identified specifically as of oil of spikenard in John 12. In Roman Catholic tradition, the woman is identified with Mary Magdalene, although Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches generally disagree. James George Frazer's The Golden Bough cites that precisely this same ritual -- a weeping woman washing a man's feet at the beginning of a public dinner, then drying it with her hair, and the anointing of his head and feet with specifically the oil of spikenard, is a middle eastern royal marriage ritual, ceremonially re-enacted the for centuries until the late 1800s; as Jesus was of the Royal House Of David, and Mary Magdalene of the Royal House Of Maccabees, this has led those who believe that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married that this was a wedding ritual. Furthermore, that the oil used was spikenard -- also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from the Nardostachys Jatamansi flowering plant of the honeysuckle family that grows in the Himalaya mountains of Nepal, China, and India -- this has led some to believe this provides a link that validates the theory that Jesus had traveled to these places during his "Lost Years". The Parable Of The Two Debtors, appearing in Luke 7:36-7:50, is told in response to an unspoken reaction to these events by Jesus' host, who is named Simon (and is sometimes identified with Simon the Leper): "One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, 'This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.' Jesus answered him, 'Simon, I have something to tell you.' He said, 'Teacher, say on.' 'A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?' Simon answered, 'He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.' He said to him, 'You have judged correctly.' Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, 'Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.' He said to her, 'Your sins are forgiven.'" Of the anointing, Jesus' disciples were indignant, asking why the oil was not instead sold and the money given to the poor; Matthew 26:6-13: "'Why this waste?' they asked. 'This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.' Aware of this, Jesus said to them, 'Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.'" John 12:1-8 specifically identifies Judas Iscariot as the disciple objecting, and declares his objection as one made by a thief: "But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 'Why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages.' He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. 'Leave her alone,' Jesus replied. 'It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.'" Following these events, The Bargain Of Judas was made when Judas went to the Sanhedrin and offered to deliver Jesus to them in exchange for money, and from this moment on, Judas sought an opportunity to betray Jesus; Matthew 26:14-16: "Then one of the Twelve -- the one called Judas Iscariot -- went to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?' So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over." In reference to Judas Iscariot's intent to betray Jesus, formed on Holy Wednesday, the day is sometimes called "Spy Wednesday". The word spy, as used in the term, means "ambush, ambuscade, snare". Additionally, among the disciples, Judas clandestinely was a spy and Wednesday was the day he chose to betray Christ. The three-day Tenebrae Service (Tenebrae: Latin for 'Darkness") is characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles, and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service. Tenebrae was originally a celebration of matins (also called mattins, a canonical hour [fixed times of prayer at regular intervals] in Christian liturgy, originally sung during the darkness of early morning between midnight and dawn) and lauds (a canonical hour, one of the major hours, usually held after matins, in the early morning hours between 3:00:00 and 5:59:59) of the last three days of Holy Week (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday) in the evening of the previous day (Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday) to the accompaniment of special ceremonies that included the display of lighted candles on a special triangular candelabra. Modern celebrations called Tenebrae may be of quite different content and structure, based for example on the Seven Last Words (the last seven sentences Jesus uttered before his death) or readings of the Passion Of Jesus (the short final period before the death of Jesus). They may be held on only one day of Holy Week, especially Spy Wednesday (Holy Wednesday). They may be held during the daylight hours and the number of candles, if used, may vary. Tenebrae liturgical celebrations of this kind now exist in the Catholic Church's Latin liturgical rites, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Methodism, Reformed churches and Western Rite Orthodoxy. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/appointment-with-destiny-the-crucifixion-of-jesus-dvd.html

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April 1, 2026: Religion: The History Of Religion: Abrahamic Religions: Judaism: The History Of Judaism: Moses: The Law of Moses (Hebrew: Torat Moshe) (The Mosaic Law): The Three Annual Festivals (The Three Pilgrimage Festivals [Hebrew: Shalosh Regalim, "Three Journeys By Foot, Three Pilgrimages"]): The Festival Of Unleavened Bread (Passover [Hebrew: Pesach]): Pesach Seder: -- In Exodus 23:14 of the Torah, Moses recounts what he had been commanded by THE LORD to convey to his people: "Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor." Of the first of these festivals, it goes on to say in Exodus 23:15: "First, celebrate The Festival Of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering." Abib, meaning "Green Ears (of Grain)", is the original name of the first month of the Jewish sacred calendar, running from mid-March to mid-April in the Gregorian calendar. After the Jews' return from Babylon, the month was renamed Nisan, and The Festival Of Unleavened Bread became known as Passover (Hebrew: Pesach), beginning with a ritual feast known as the Pesach Seder on the first day of Passover, and ending one week later with the Yom Tov holidays (one day if in Israel, two days outside of it), one of six biblically mandated festival dates on which all activities prohibited on Shabbat are prohibited, except for some related to food preparation. Passover occurs the night of the paschal full moon after the 14th of Nisan, eve of the 15th, in the Hebrew and the Babylonian calendars, telling the story of the exodus, and remembering how the angel of death "passed over" the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague on Egypt. It begins Feast of Unleavened Bread that continues through the 22nd of Nisan, and is one of three pilgrimage festivals in which all Jewish males living in the land of Israel are obliged. On the 16th of Nisan, Jews begin the Counting Of The Omer, an important verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days (seven weeks) of the the grain harvest, and the First Fruits Festival memorial offering of the barley harvest, celebrating the end of the grain harvest - variously known as the Feast Of Weeks, Shavuot and Pentecost in Mosaic Law (Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy 16:9-12, Leviticus 23:10-16) - or in the varying current Jewish holidays traditions, the period between the Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Shavuot. When the Temple in Jerusalem stood, the paschal lamb was offered and eaten on Passover eve, while the wave offering of barley was offered on the second day of the festival. Nowadays, in addition to the biblical prohibition of owning leavened foods for the duration of the holiday, the Passover seder is one of the most widely observed rituals in Judaism. In the Diaspora the unleavened bread is celebrated for 8 days, based an important concept in Halakha (Hebrew: "Jewish Law"), Yom Tov Sheni Shel Galuyo (Hebrew: "The Second Festival Day In The Diaspora"), the observance of an extra day of Jewish holidays outside of the Land of Israel. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/teinjearkofc.html

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April 1: Mathematics And Statistics Awareness Month: -- The first day of the annual month-long celebration to increase the public understanding of math and stats. A nerd's dream - the month also celebrates mathematics and statistics for their unique role in solving critical real-world problems. The month has evolved from a week-long dedication to the promotion of math as a discipline, introduced by an official proclamation of President Ronald Reagan in 1986. If you're interested in pursuing math, here are mathematics scholarships that may help you do that. Since 2017, the central theme of the awareness month celebrates the leading figures in the field for their contributions to solving the glaring problems in our lives. Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month is observed in April to increase appreciation and understanding of the importance of the diverse and indispensable fields of mathematics and statistics. Before 1880, much of American recorded history had nothing to show for its contribution to the development of mathematics. While math colleges were cropping up at every corner, the nation had produced few distinguished mathematicians. A lack of both new inventions and notable leadership in the field gave birth to the encouragement of mathematical education at the primary level of schools. The holiday came into existence with the swipe of the presidential pen. To promote enrollment in mathematics programs at all levels of schooling, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the third week of April as Mathematics Awareness Week. In 1999, the observation was extended to a month. Today, the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (J.P.B.M.) - shares a collective effort with the Mathematical Association of America, the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The month-long celebration also aims to recognize mathematics and statistical analysis in data collection that can boost social welfare and public health. It is an opportunity for mathematics and statisticians from around the country to share their recent findings with the public. The understanding of math and stats is integral to our life. The subjects are key to many necessities, such as sustainable living, energy, biotechnology, climate change, business, disease control, internet security, and their success is dependent upon disciplined study and application. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/triumph-of-the-west-tv-series-5-dual-layer-dvds-all-13-sh513.html

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April 1 (March 32; see below): April Fools' Day (All Fools' Day): -- A day where many of us unleash our most creative sides, all in a hilarious - sometimes over the top - attempt at bamboozling those around us. Why do we do this, and where did it start? Well there surprisingly isn't a concrete conclusion by historians. We'll explore the possibilities below, but nevertheless, every spring we all put on our pranking caps to plan out the most devious and diabolical, yet safe and playful pranks we can think of, making this 24 hours possibly the most fun, exciting, and anxiety-filled day of the year! Today, pranking on April Fools' Day has transcended the confinements of the first day of April to become a year-round internet phenomenon. Thousands of videos on the most popular internet sites emerge everyday, pushing the pranking limit to sometimes dangerous territories. We do NOT condone this and below we'll illustrate how to allow this holiday to remain true to what it was meant to be - safe, and well, hilarious! There's no consensus on how it all began, but a popular theory is that while nowadays, January 1 is when we start the new year, this wasn't the case before 1592. We used a calendar called the Julian calendar - created by Julius Caesar in 45 BC - which saw every new year begin on April 1! Crazy, we know. Pope Gregory the 8th created a new method for keeping track of days, which was the start of the calendar we all know and love - the Gregorian calendar. When he moved the date of New Year's Eve it obviously took some time for everyone to catch on to it. Those who were a bit behind the times still celebrated on April 1, and were considered fools for doing so. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "March 32" in his 1392 book "The Canterbury Tales", a prank which some argue gave birth to April Fools' Day. Without much context and being dated so far back, some believe it to be a joke, dawning this annual tradition, while some say it's none other than a misprint. Whether we have Gregory the 8th or Geoffrey Chaucer to thank for April Fools' Day, it has existed for centuries and will continue to cause a flurry of creativity and excitement in the first few weeks of spring. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/story-of-civilization-will-amp-ariel-durant-mp3-dvd-11-audiobo311.html

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April 1: Fossil Fools Day: -- Coincides with April Fools' Day, hence, the wordplay. This day was created to raise awareness about environmental concerns as a result of the burning of fossil fuels. Although they are a cheap and available source of energy, fossil fuels emit carbon dioxide in massive amounts. This is hazardous for our environment. While some are aware of its negative effects, many are ignorant of the ways fossil fuels deteriorate our planet. The purpose behind Fossil Fools Day is to impart knowledge about alternative energy sources and to request people's support for shaping a sustainable future. Fossil Fools Day came into existence in 2004 when Canadian and American students decided to play strategic pranks centered around climate change. The day coincides with April Fools' Day and this is how the kids got the idea of playing pranks. The students made unpleasant demonstrations of dangers resulting from fossil fuel production and emission. A few examples are presenting a mock oil spill at a public fountain, dressing up as hospital patients deformed by gas leakage, meandering an inflatable black pipe through the streets as a way of opposing the proposed oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada, and so on. These demonstrations were carried out on university campuses and high school grounds for the public to witness. The motive behind it was to inform people of the harmful impact of fossil fuels on the atmosphere. This was also an indirect way of seeking attention from legislative bodies in the vicinity and pushing them to enact stricter laws against fossil fuel exploitation. Through the demonstrations, the students pointed fingers at major carbon emitters, like the C.E.O.s of oil and natural gas companies, government leaders, and legislators who push for drilling projects, construction of pipelines, fracking, e.t.c. These are the 'Fossil Fools' that the day refers to. And who can better enact the stupidity of these fools than college students and high schoolers? The reason for this day is not just about student displays and mock protests. As responsible citizens, each of us needs to do our bit to save our planet from decaying. Make simple lifestyle changes like ditching cars and riding bikes, reducing screen timing, using solar-powered lights, cooking with wind energy, and the like. Following these green techniques to lead a life free of fossil fuels is a great contribution without having to make jokes. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-birth-of-europe-european-history-from-the-ice-age-to-20th-centu20.html

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April 1: St. Stupid Day: -- Celebrated annually in San Francisco, a Californian city known for its wonderful holidays that can satisfy even the most demanding of tourists. On this day, those who want to gather in San Francisco to visit the famous Fool's Day Parade, show off their unusual silly costumes, and have fun together with other fools during the silliest walk of all. The public is encouraged to get into the spirit of things, that is, to behave like fools, whether in the street or in elegant colonial costumes. Act as foolishly as possible on the day that celebrates silliness. St. Stupid Day was started in 1979 by Ed Holmes, a member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, who is also Bishop Joey of the First Church of the Last Laughter. It was based on the belief that one of the unifying characteristics of society is stupidity. According to the First Church of the Last Laughter, "the only thing that unites species in all their differences in color, religion, nationality, zip code, and beverage preference is stupidity." St. Stupid Day is centered around the St. Stupid Day Parade. It is a unique opportunity to allow yourself to behave utterly foolishly for a while. You are encouraged to wear silly clothes and shout stupid slogans, with no worries that someone will condemn you or arrest you for hooliganism. The parade begins at noon and passes through the financial district of San Francisco, the city's business center. Generally, St. Stupid's Day Parade is accompanied by drummers, horn players, and various chants. Highlights of this fun event include the absurd game of losing lottery tickets at the Federal Reserve headquarters, tossing coins at the Banker's Heart sculpture as a tribute to the city's trade temples, and exchanging socks at the Pacific Stock Exchange. There is also a "leap of faith" where parade participants close their eyes, jump, and believe that the Earth will still be there when they land. Only a dozen or two people participated in the first parade, but now there are thousands. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/san-francisco-good-times-dvd-underground-newspaper.html

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April 1: National Fun Day: -- A special unwind-your-mind-and-body day to relax and have fun, putting all the stress and routine work in the backseat for the whole day. Did you know that National Fun Day is closely related to April Fool's Day? Yes, the concept of National Fun Day and April Fool's Day is pretty much the same: they both aim to bring fun into your mundane, routine life and they both fall on the same date - . So, what is this National Fun Day all about? Read on to find out. Let us be honest. Amid our busy and stressful lives, we all need some unstructured fun once in a while. We need to give our minds and bodies a little break and take a moment to appreciate our life and relax a bit. National Fun Day is a perfect excuse for that. But when and how did the National Fun Day celebration start? The origin isn't clear, but most people believe that the day evolved from the bigger holiday, April Fool's Day. One possible connection is that both days are celebrated in honor of the trick Mother Nature plays on us this time of the year with her unpredictable weather. There are also a few other possibilities that this day also falls close to the fun Indian festival known as Holi, a festival of colors, and the Roman festival of Hilaria, which was celebrated on March 25. National Fun Day aims to give everybody the chance to relax, get a little silly, and break away from the boring school and work routines to help us remember what a peaceful and fun life is all about. This is crucial because, in today's high-speed and fast-moving world, the constant pressure to get more done and to go farther can suck away the very little joy we have in our lives. National Fun Day is a reminder to have fun, regardless. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/alternative-sgt-pepper39s-lonely-hearts-club-band-mp3-cd-download-393.html

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April 1: International Fun At Work Day: -- What other day are we going to get the chance to party and work at the same time? While we are firm believers in loving what we do and doing what we love, we acknowledge the fact that the repetitive daily grind of the same type of work - even the work we are passionate about - can get extremely boring. This type of monotony can lead to frequent burnouts, which is not at all healthy, both mentally and physically. International Fun at Work Day ensures work colleagues have the added element of fun as they go about their daily tasks. Apparently, fun days go hand-in-hand because International Fun at Work Day coincides with April Fools. Thinking of creating a fun environment in your professional setting on International Fun at Work Day? Don't worry, we got you covered with some brilliant ideas that you can directly implement or take inspiration from. For now, let's take a brief trip down memory lane to learn more about the fun day. The first International Fun at Work Day was celebrated back in 1996 by a company called Playfair. Playfair's owners, who were running a business of bringing fun to academic induction ceremonies, believed that employees having a fun and relaxed environment are more productive and effective in their assignments as compared to employees who have a rigid workplace. This approach not only led to higher sales and profit levels for PlayFair, but it also went on to make them a recognized and much-sought-after company in the industry. Countless studies have shown that companies that prioritize their employees' well-being have seen higher productivity levels. Moreover, human beings are social animals that require constant change to prompt inspiration. If no new stimulations exist in their surroundings, there's a risk of the same cycle of ideas being repeated. While International Fun at Work Day does take place every April 1, if, by chance, the day falls on a weekend, then the celebrations are shifted to the first Thursday of April. Because, of course, you cannot have fun at work if you are not working that day. We hope you are making preparations to commemorate the occasion. Since many of us are working from home now, there might be new challenges to how you can celebrate the occasion with your colleagues. But don't let that stop you from making the most of the day. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-hippie-temptation-dvd-1967-harry-reasoner-cbs-tv-documen1967.html

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April 1: World Reading Is Funny Day: -- A day aimed at rekindling a passion for reading among the younger generations. Technological advancement and the advent of ever-interesting shows on screen have made reading seem rather boring and old-fashioned for kids. Hence, Reading is Funny Day is a perfect time to reintroduce your young ones to the reading culture by gifting them or reading to them a book that catches their young reader's attention with a giggle or two. To understand Reading is Funny Day, we must first look into the first book ever written, which originates from the Mesopotamia era. During this time, markings were made on clay tablets in scripts known as 'cuneiforms.' The art of writing was developed around 5400 B.C., with the first literary work being "Kesh Temple Hymn." The oldest records of jokes were traced back to 1900 B.C. The first extant joke book is the "Philogelos," translated as "Laughter-Lover." It contained 265 jokes written in crude ancient Greek dating back to the fourth or fifth century A.D. The invention of the printing press in 1439 A.D. made it possible to have more copies of books in print. The first-ever written children's book was "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book," by John Newbey, in 1744. Since then, thousands of books have been published that can help ignite a passion for reading in youngsters - from "The Monster at the End of this Book" by Jon Stone to "Interrupting Chicken" by David Ezra Stein. The course of time has provided us with a vast repertoire of children's funny books to choose from when selecting the perfect book to celebrate Reading is Funny Day with your kids. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/jerzy-kosinski-dvd-novelist-interview.html

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April 1: National Greeting Card Day: -- We can't wait to send a greeting card in honor of today! Greeting cards are a sweet and thoughtful way to let your loved ones know that you're thinking about them. The custom of giving greeting cards dates back centuries. It began with the ancient Chinese, who would exchange messages of goodwill for the New Year. Early Egyptians exchanged greetings on papyrus scrolls, and soon after, handmade paper greeting cards were traded in Europe. The Germans were the first to print New Year's greeting cards on woodcuts. By the mid-15th century, Europeans were also exchanging Valentine's Day greeting cards. The oldest Valentine, in fact, may be discovered in the British Museum. It was written by Charles Duke of Orleans to his wife, Bonne of Armagnac, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London. By the 1950s, the greeting card had changed from a handmade, expensive gift to an economical means of communication, thanks to advances in printing technology and lower shipping costs. This was followed by new trends such as Christmas cards, which were first made in London. Companies such as Marcus Ward & Co, Goodall, and Charles Bennett began mass-producing greeting cards and hired well-known artists like Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane as illustrators. Since then, greeting cards have continued to evolve and become more accessible and easily available. They now come in a wide variety of styles, from electronic to musical. National Greeting Card Day is a day to honor these adorable little masterpieces that have become synonymous with sending greetings to loved ones. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-old-time-radio-drama-mp3-dvd-megase3.html

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April 1: National Trombone Players Day: -- Celebrated internationally on April 1 as well as nationally, the day recognizes trombone players and anyone who loves a good tune driven by the trombone. This jazzy musical instrument belongs to the brass family. Sound is produced when the player's mouth causes the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Trombones are defined by a telescoping slide mechanism that makes them different from other brass instruments. National Trombone Players Day is marked with performances by student ensembles, exhibitors, and world-class artists in concerts, master classes, and competitions. Discover your hidden trombone talents on this memorable day. The trombone dates back to the 15th century. It was developed from the trumpet and up until 1700 was known as the sackbut. Like a trumpet, a trombone has a cylindrical bore flared to a bell. However, compared to a trumpet, the mouthpiece of the trombone is large in accordance with its deeper musical register and parabolic cross-section. It is the only brass instrument that can easily play all possible pitches. The slide is made of two parallel and stationary inner tubes with thick lower ends. The outer tubes are moveable. The two sets of tubes are moved in and out of the player's right hand to control the pitch. The other half of the trombone, known as the bell joint, passes over the player's left shoulder. This helps counterbalance the weight of the slide. The bend may even have a tuning slide. The valve trombone has three valves with an immovable slide and is used mainly by jazz players. The player presses the valves to change the pitch. Trombones from the 16th century may differ considerably from 20th-century models. You'll notice the difference in small but narrow bells and details of craftsmanship. Back in the 16th century, trombones were extensively used in polyphonic music. They were built in alto, tenor, and bass pitches. You can still enjoy the old arrangement in the trombone trio of a classical orchestra. The first National Trombone Players Day was celebrated in 2010 to encourage more people to play the trombone. Some of the most famous trombone players of all time are Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Willie Colon, Dicky Wells, Kid Ory, JJ Johnson, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Jack Teagarden. If you are a trombone player, you are in the august company of some of the greatest musicians to have ever lived. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/glenn-miller-radio-shows-big-band-swing-jazz-mp3-cd-download-usb-driv3.html

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April 1, 2021: Devo Day: -- Akron, Ohio observes Devo Day to help the pioneering New Wave band in their bid to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this same year. Devo, which formed in Akron in the early Seventies, is on the ballot this year alongside Tina Turner, Carole King, Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, and other rock giants. To celebrate Devo Day, Akron is creating an interactive storefront window and has recruited Jack Black, Fred Armisen, Tony Hawk, and the Goodyear Blimp to play a role in the promotion. Fifty Energy Dome Sculptures modeled after the group's iconic red headwear will also appear at random locations around the town. "The City of Akron has an unbelievable sense of pride, especially when it involves the success of our people," Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a statement. "We are, and will continue to be, immensely proud to be the home of Devo and will be rallying this great community to help them achieve the recognition they deserve." Devo has been largely dormant in recent years as frontman Mark Mothersbaugh has focused his attention on his career as a composer of film and television scores. But they are contemplating at least one more tour once the pandemic is over, even though Mothersbaugh is, at best, ambivalent about the idea, "It's like putting on your high school cheerleading outfit and going out and doing the songs again," he told Rolling Stone in 2020, before the news broke of their Hall of Fame nomination. "On one hand, when I'm out there on stage, I love playing them. But on the other hand, the whole thing seems like, 'Well, yes, That's what I did when I was 20. I'm 70. Let's move on.' But I'm sure there will be more shows somewhere down the line. Also, who knows, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame might begrudgingly let Devo in, so that'll give us an excuse to get together." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/music-documentaries-iii-dvd-video-pioneers-tom-waits-turtles.html

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April 1: National One Cent Day: -- Penny For Your Thoughts Day! A day for remembering the iconic historical moments that have shaped the U.S.. Time teaches important lessons in the shape of events that have been archived in the pages of history. It is crucial to always remember history in the present for a better future - after all, history plays an important role in molding the identity of a place. In the case of National One Cent Day, which honors a major point in the establishment of the American currency, the story begins in the times of Benjamin Franklin all the way to Abraham Lincoln. Did you know, the one-cent coin used to be called the Flowing Hair dollar because of the image of the Statue of Liberty on it? Back in 1787, the U.S. issued the first one-cent coin, designed by Benjamin Franklin. On one side, the coin read "Mind Your Business", and on the other side, "We Are One". Unlike today's one-cent coins, Franklin's design was made entirely of copper and was also bigger. It went on to be called the Fugio Cent or the Franklin Cent. These coins were handcrafted and minted by workers without the use of machines. But in 1792, when the United States Minting was established, a proposal for a new coin design was submitted. By 1793, on April 1, the new one-cent coin was introduced into the market. These new coins were a symbol of the Statue of Liberty. One side depicted an image of a lady with flowing hair, and the other side showed 13 chains representing the 13 colonies. As years went by, the coin's size was reduced to make it easier to handle. The coin went on to see several other design changes, from an eagle wreath and the head of an American Indian to President Lincoln's face. The metals it was made from also changed from being 100% copper to being 97.5% zinc and only 2.5% copper. So, there you have it. While a one-cent coin can make you feel rich or poor depending on the context, one thing is for sure, and that is people have been celebrating the day to remember the coin's rich history and its importance in the U.S.A.'s development. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/abraham-lincoln-documentaries-dvd.html

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April 1: Boomer Bonus Days: -- Don't know what Boomer Bonus Day is? Have you ever been to a store and see a senior citizen get a discount on the first day of April? That store is celebrating Baby Boomers. These are people who were born between 1946 and 1964. The population size of Boomers is estimated to be about 71.6 million in the U.S., making up about 21.45% of the population. This generation deserves to be treated specially because they have had a significant impact on the U.S. economy. The term "Boomer" is derived from the boom in births that took place after the return of soldiers from World War II. Baby boomers got their name from the spike of births that happened soon after World War II was finished. Let's just say the entire world was really happy that the war was over. When news spread that the war was over, celebrations erupted across the U.S. On September 2, 1945, the formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri and so designated the day as the official Victory over Japan Day. Most Boomers are children of either the Greatest Generation or the Silent Generation and are often parents of late Gen Xers and Millennials. Some late Boomers can give birth to Generation Z as well. Due to the period Baby Boomers were born, they experienced different reforms culturally and politically. In China, during the time of the Great Leap Forward, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) encouraged people to have lots of children as it believed a growing labor force was needed for significant national development along socialist lines. China's baby-boom cohort was the largest in the world, with lots of children being born after World War II. According to journalist and photographer Howard French, many Chinese neighborhoods were disproportionately filled with the elderly by the mid-2010s. The Chinese referred to them as referred as a "lost generation". They grew up during the Cultural Revolution when higher education was discouraged and most people were sent to the countryside for political reasons. They were also subject to China's one-child policy and so there is a disparity in the size of them and the next generation. Most Boomers are retired now and so Generation X and Millenials are replacing them in the workforce. This makes Boomer Bonus Day significant as it is used to appreciate them. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/making-sense-of-the-sixties-tv-documentary-series-6-hour-episode6.html

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April 1: U.S. Air Force Academy Day: -- A day established to honor the historic milestones and remarkable achievements of predecessors of the U.S. Air Force Academy, established April 1, 1954 in El Paso County, Colorado. All officers who serve in the Air Force are educated at the Air Force Academy. The event, also known as Founders Day, is celebrated by the cadets and personnel with a variety of special ceremonies and celebrations. Read on and learn more about this amazing arm of the U.S. military. After it was determined that an air force academy was required, the U.S. Congress passed legislation in 1954 to commence the building of the Air Force Academy site. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the academy on the first of April, 1945, even though the permanent site had not yet been finished. On July 11, 1955, the pioneer Class of 1959 was sworn in at a temporary site at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, and the academy's dedication ceremony was held on that first day and was carried live on national television. Interestingly, renowned Hollywood film director Cecil B. DeMille designed the costume for the cadets. The Cadet Honor Code was approved by the inaugural class, and the 'Falcon' was chosen as the Academy's mascot. On August 29, 1958, the wing of 1,145 cadets relocated to the current location outside Colorado Springs, and the Academy was accredited less than a year later. On June 3, 1959, the first class of the U.S. Air Force graduated and was inducted. The Vietnam War was the first time that academy graduates fought and died in a war. As a result, it had a significant impact on the formation of the academy's character. Due to the increased demand for pilots, academy enrolment increased dramatically during this period. The size of the graduating classes increased from 217 in 1961 to 745 in 1970. Since President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the academy on April 1, 1954, it has continuously produced leaders of character who embody courage, humility, and a commitment to serve others before themselves. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/war-jets-the-boeing-b52-stratofortress-d52.html

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April 1: -- Take Down Tobacco National Day Of Action: -- April 1, 1970: Smoking: Tobacco Smoking: Tobacco Packaging Warning Messages: Cigarette Marketing (Nicotine Marketing): Cigarette Commercials: The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act: -- President Richard Nixon signs The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective January 1, 1971. The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is a 1970 federal law in the United States designed to limit the practice of smoking. As approved by the United States Congress, the act required a stronger health warning on cigarette packages, saying "Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined that Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health". It also banned cigarette advertisements on American radio and television. The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act was one of the major bills resulting from the 1964 report by the Surgeon General, Luther Terry. The report found that lung cancer and chronic bronchitis are causally related to cigarette smoking. Congress previously passed the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act in 1965; requiring that all cigarette packages sold in the United States carry a health warning. But after a recommendation by the Federal Trade Commission, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act amended the 1965 law so that the warnings are made in the name of the Surgeon General. One of the major advocates of the cigarette advertising ban was the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC argued that since the topic of smoking is controversial, numerous TV and radio stations continued to break the Fairness Doctrine when airing these commercials because they did not give equal time to the opposing viewpoint that smoking is dangerous. Passage in Congress: On June 17, 1969, the 91st Congress debated in House. The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act was created because H.R. 6543 was set to expire on July 1, 1975. The purpose of H.R. 6543 was to create a warning label on cigarette packages. Before H.R. 6543 was set to expire, many people such as the Surgeon General wanted to create a stronger warning label. The bill required cigarette packages to be labeled the following, "Warning, The Surgeon General has determined that cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health and may cause lung cancer or other diseases." During the debate, there were ongoing arguments. For example, the tobacco growers argued that they grow tobacco, not cancer. The tobacco company and growers were scared that they were going to be put out of business and the health department was scared more people would die from cigarette smoking. On, December 12, 1969, The Senate debated, amended, and passed the bill. 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April 1, 1815: #BOTD: Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, conservative Prussian statesman who dominated German and European affairs from the 1860s until 1890, first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890 (d. July 30 1898) is #born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck at Schoenhausen, a noble family estate west of Berlin in Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schonhausen, Duke of Lauenburg was appointed in 1862 by King Wilhelm I as Minister President of Prussia, a position he would hold until 1890, with the exception of a short break in 1873. He provoked three short, decisive wars against Denmark, Austria, and France. Following the win against Austria, he abolished the supranational German Confederation and instead formed the North German Confederation as the first German national state in 1867, leading it as Federal Chancellor. This aligned the smaller North German states behind Prussia. Later receiving the support of the independent South German states in the Confederation's defeat of France, he formed the German Empire in 1871, unifying Germany with himself as Imperial Chancellor, while retaining control of Prussia at the same time. The new German nation excluded Austria, which had been Prussia's main opponent for predominance among the German states. With that accomplished by 1871, he skillfully used balance of power diplomacy to maintain Germany's position in a Europe which, despite many disputes and war scares, remained at peace. For historian Eric Hobsbawm, it was Bismarck who "remained undisputed world champion at the game of multilateral diplomatic chess for almost twenty years after 1871, [and] devoted himself exclusively, and successfully, to maintaining peace between the powers". However, his annexation of Alsace-Lorraine gave new fuel to French nationalism and promoted Germanophobia in France. This helped set the stage for the First World War. Bismarck's diplomacy of realpolitik and powerful rule at home gained him the nickname the "Iron Chancellor". German unification and its rapid economic growth was the foundation to his foreign policy. He disliked colonialism but reluctantly built an overseas empire when it was demanded by both elite and mass opinion. Juggling a very complex interlocking series of conferences, negotiations and alliances, he used his diplomatic skills to maintain Germany's position and used the balance of power to keep Europe at peace in the 1870s and 1880s. A master of complex politics at home, Bismarck created the first welfare state in the modern world, with the goal of gaining working class support that might otherwise go to his Socialist enemies. In the 1870s, he allied himself with the Liberals (who were low-tariff and anti-Catholic) and fought the Catholic Church in what was called the Kulturkampf ("culture struggle"). He lost that battle as the Catholics responded by forming a powerful Centre party and using universal male suffrage to gain a bloc of seats. Bismarck then reversed himself, ended the Kulturkampf, broke with the Liberals, imposed protective tariffs, and formed a political alliance with the Centre Party to fight the Socialists. A devout Lutheran, he was loyal to his king, who argued with Bismarck but in the end supported him against the advice of his wife and his heir. While the Reichstag, Germany's parliament, was elected by universal male suffrage, it did not have much control of government policy. Bismarck distrusted democracy and ruled through a strong, well-trained bureaucracy with power in the hands of a traditional Junker elite that consisted of the landed nobility in eastern Prussia. Under Wilhelm I, Bismarck largely controlled domestic and foreign affairs, until he was removed by the young Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890, at the age of seventy-five. Bismarck, a Junker himself, was strong-willed, outspoken and overbearing, but he could also be polite, charming and witty. Occasionally he displayed a violent temper, and he kept his power by melodramatically threatening resignation time and again, which cowed Wilhelm I. He possessed not only a long-term national and international vision but also the short-term ability to juggle complex developments. As the leader of what historians call "revolutionary conservatism", Bismarck became a hero to German nationalists; they built many monuments honoring the founder of the new Reich. Many historians praise him as a visionary who was instrumental in uniting Germany and, once that had been accomplished, kept the peace in Europe through adroit diplomacy. 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April 1, 1865: The American Civil War (The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Eastern Theater Of The American Civil War: The Battle Of Five Forks: -- Confederate troops of Gen. George Pickett are defeated at Five Forks, Virginia by Union troops led by Philip Sheridan, which cut the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line. This sealed the fate of Gen. Robert E. Lee's armies at Petersburg and Richmond and hastened the end of the war. The Battle of Five Forks was fought southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, during the end of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War. A mobile task force of combined infantry, artillery and cavalry from the Union Army commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan defeated a Confederate States Army combined task force from the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Major General George Pickett. The Union force inflicted over 1,000 casualties on the Confederates and took between 2,400 and 4,000 prisoners while seizing Five Forks, the key to control of the South Side Railroad (sometimes shown as Southside Railroad), a vital Confederate supply line to, and retreat line from, Petersburg. The Appomattox Campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought from March 29 to April 9, 1865 in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to forces of the Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the James and Army of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. In the following eleven weeks after Lee's surrender, the American Civil War ended as other Confederate armies surrendered and Confederate government leaders were captured or fled the country. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/robert-e-lee-documentaries-dvd.html

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April 1, 1873: #BOTD: #HBD! Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late Romantic period (d. March 28, 1943) is #born Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff into a family of Russian aristocracy in Semyonovo, Staraya Russa, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire. Sergei Rachmaninoff's works are among the most popular in the romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused his output as composer to slow tremendously; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six compositions, including Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3, and Symphonic Dances. In 1942, Rachmaninoff moved to Beverly Hills, California. One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninoff acquired American citizenship. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colors. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Sergei Rachmaninoff died of melanoma in Beverly Hills, California four days before his seventieth birthday. In his will, Rachmaninoff wished to be buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, where Scriabin, Taneyev, and Chekhov were buried, but his American citizenship made that impossible. Instead, he was interred at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rediscovering-rachmaninoff-liturgy-of-st-john-chrysostom-dvd.html

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April 1, 1885: #BOTD: #HBD! Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill and a life peer in her own right (d. December 12, 1977) is #born Clementine Ogilvy Hozier in London, England. Although legally the daughter of Sir Henry Hozier and Lady Blanche Hozier (a daughter of David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie), Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill GBE's paternity is a subject of much debate, as Lady Blanche was well known for infidelity. After Sir Henry found Lady Blanche with a lover in 1891, she managed to avert her husband's suit for divorce because of his own infidelities, and thereafter the couple separated. Lady Blanche maintained that Clementine's biological father was Capt. William George "Bay" Middleton, a noted horseman; Mary Soames, Clementine's youngest child, believed this. Whatever her parentage, her relationship with Winston Churchill was a mutually faithful one. The courtship between Clementine and Winston Churchill was short. Having met four years earlier, they were re-acquainted during a dinner party in 1908. There was an instant attraction. On their first brief encounter Winston had recognised Clementine's beauty and distinction; now, after an evening spent in her company, he realised that here was a girl of lively intelligence and great character. On September 12, 1908, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Clementine married Winston Churchill, more than a decade older and already a seasoned Parliamentarian. They had five children: Diana (1909-1963); Randolph (1911-1968); Sarah (1914-1982); Marigold (1918-1921); and Mary (1922-2014). The Churchills' marriage was close and affectionate despite the stresses of public life. During World War I, Clementine Churchill organised canteens for munitions workers on behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in the North East Metropolitan Area of London, for which she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1918. 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During World War II, she was Chairman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund, the President of the Young Women's Christian Association War Time Appeal and the Chairman of Maternity Hospital for the Wives of Officers, Fulmer Chase. While touring Russia near the end of the war she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. In 1946, she was appointed a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, becoming Dame Clementine Churchill GBE. Later, she was awarded honorary degrees by the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford and in 1976, by the University of Bristol. After more than 56 years of marriage, Clementine was widowed on January 24, 1965 when Winston died at the age of 90. Following Sir Winston's death, on May 17, 1965 she was created a life peer as Baroness Spencer-Churchill, of Chartwell in the County of Kent. She sat as a cross-bencher (an independent or minor party member, taking their name from the crossbenches, between and perpendicular to the government and opposition benches, where crossbenchers sit in the chamber), but her growing deafness precluded her taking a regular part in parliamentary life. In the final few years of her life, Lady Spencer-Churchill found that inflation and rising expenses made it difficult to make ends meet. In early 1977 she sent five paintings by her late husband to auction. The sale went much better than expected and rescued her from her financial difficulties. Only after her death was it discovered that she had destroyed the famous Graham Sutherland portrait of her husband because Winston had not liked it. Lady Spencer-Churchill died at her London home, at 7 Princes Gate, Knightsbridge, of a heart attack on December 12, 1977. She was 92 years old and had outlived her husband by almost 13 years, as well as outliving three of her five children. 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April 1, 1885: #BOTD: #HBD! Wallace Beery, American film and stage actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter (d. April 15, 1949) is #born Wallace Fitzgerald Beery in Clay County, Missouri, near Smithville. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1934), as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa! (1934), and his titular role in The Champ (1931), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Beery appeared in some 250 films during a 36-year career. His contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stipulated in 1932 that he would be paid 1 USD more than any other contract player at the studio. This made Beery the highest-paid film actor in the world during the early 1930s. He was the brother of actor Noah Beery and uncle of actor Noah Beery Jr. For his contributions to the film industry, Beery was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star in 1960. His star is located at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard. Beery died of a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 64 three days after the release of his last film Big Jack starring himself, Richard Conte and Marjorie Main. His body was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. The inscription on his grave reads, "No man is indispensable but some are irreplaceable." On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rationing-1944-dvd-wallace-beery-marjorie-1944.html

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April 1, 1891: Foundings: Business Foundings -- The Wrigley Company, the largest manufacturer and marketer of chewing gum in the world, is founded in Chicago, Illinois. It is now wholly owned by Mars, Incorporated. In 1892, Wrigley Jr. began packaging chewing gum with each can of baking powder. The chewing gum eventually became more popular than the baking powder and Wrigley's reoriented the company to produce the gum. The company currently sells its products in more than 180 countries and districts, maintains operations in over 50 countries, and has 21 production facilities in 14 countries including the United States, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, China, India, Japan, Kenya, Taiwan, and Australia. The Wrigley Building on Michigan Avenue is one of Chicago's best-known landmarks on the Magnificent Mile. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wjsv-radio-mp3-cd-entire-broadcast-day-sep-3211939.html

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April 1, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD! Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor and producer, winner of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, best known for starring in Akira Kurosawa's critically-acclaimed jidaigeki films (period dramas that take place before the Meiji Restoration) such as Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958) and Yojimbo (1961), as Miyamoto Musashi in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy (1954-1956), Lord Toranaga in the NBC television miniseries Shogun, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in three different films [Admiral Yamamoto (1968), The Militarists (1970) and Midway (1976)] widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time (d. December 24, 1997) is #born Mifune Toshiro in Seito, Japanese-occupied Shandong (present-day Qingdao, China), the eldest son of Tokuzo Mifune, a trade merchant and photographer who ran a photography business in Qingdao and Yingkou, and Sen Mifune, the daughter of a hatamoto, a high-ranking samurai official; both of his parents were working as Methodist missionaries, and were among the Japanese citizens encouraged to live in Shandong by the Japanese government during its occupation of China, before the Republic of China took over the city in 1922. After spending the first 19 years of his life in China as a Japanese citizen, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation division, where he served in the Aerial Photography unit during World War II. In 1947, a large number of Toho actors, after a prolonged strike, had left to form their own company, Shin Toho. Toho then organized a "new faces" contest to find new talent. Nenji Oyama, a friend of Mifune's who worked for the Photography Department of Toho Productions, sent Mifune's resume to the New Faces audition as the Photography Department was full, telling Mifune he could later transfer to the Photography Department if he wished. He was accepted, along with 48 others (out of roughly 4,000 applicants), and allowed to take a screen test for Kajiro Yamamoto. Instructed to mime anger, he drew from his wartime experiences. Yamamoto took a liking to Mifune, recommending him to director Senkichi Taniguchi. This led to Mifune's first feature role, in Shin Baka Jidai. Mifune first encountered director Akira Kurosawa when Toho Studios, the largest film production company in Japan, was conducting a massive talent search, during which hundreds of aspiring actors auditioned before a team of judges. Kurosawa was originally going to skip the event, but showed up when Hideko Takamine told him of one actor who seemed especially promising. Kurosawa later wrote that he entered the audition to see "a young man reeling around the room in a violent frenzy... it was as frightening as watching a wounded beast trying to break loose. I was transfixed." When Mifune, exhausted, finished his scene, he sat down and gave the judges an ominous stare. He lost the competition but Kurosawa was impressed. "I am a person rarely impressed by actors," he later said. "But in the case of Mifune I was completely overwhelmed." Mifune immersed himself into the six-month training and diligently applied himself to studying acting, although at first he still hoped to be transferred to the camera department. His imposing bearing, acting range, facility with foreign languages and lengthy partnership with acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa made him the most famous Japanese actor of his time, and easily the best known to Western audiences. He often portrayed samurai or ronin who were usually coarse and gruff (Kurosawa once explained that the only weakness he could find with Mifune and his acting ability was his "rough" voice), inverting the popular stereotype of the genteel, clean-cut samurai. In Kurosawa's Something Like an Autobiography (1981), he wrote: "Mifune had a kind of talent I had never encountered before in the Japanese film world. It was, above all, the speed with which he expressed himself that was astounding. The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression; Mifune needed only three. The speed of his movements was such that he said in a single action what took ordinary actors three separate movements to express. He put forth everything directly and boldly, and his sense of timing was the keenest I had ever seen in a Japanese actor. And yet with all his quickness, he also had surprisingly fine sensibilities." Of Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune said, "I have never as an actor done anything that I am proud of other than with him". Of his acting career, Mifune said "Since I came into the industry very inexperienced, I don't have any theory of acting. I just had to play my roles my way", and "Generally speaking, most East-West stories have been a series of cliches. I, for one, have no desire to retell Madame Butterfly". On December 24, 1997, he died in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan of multiple organ failure at the age of 77. He is buried at the Mifune family tomb in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Mifune won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor twice, in 1961 and 1965. He was awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 1986 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1993. In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1977, he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. On November 14, 2016, nineteen years after he died, Mifune received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the motion picture industry. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/akira-kurosawa-film-director-dvd.html

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April 1, 1923: #BOTD: #HBD! Bobby Jordan, American actor, most notable for being a member of the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys (d. September 10, 1965) is #born Robert G. Jordan in Harrison, New York. Jordan was a talented toddler and could sing, tap dance, and play the saxophone by the time he was six years old. At the age of four, he was working in an early film version of A Christmas Carol. His mother took him to talent shows in and around Harrison, New York. He also modeled for newspaper and magazine advertisements and appeared in short films and radio programs. In the late 1920s, his family moved to the upper west side of Manhattan. In 1929, he was cast as Charles Hildebrand in the 1929 Broadway play, Street Scene. Though he was the youngest, Jordan was the first of the boys who made up the Dead End Kids to work in films with a role in a 1933 Universal short. In 1935, he became one of the original Dead End Kids by winning the role of Angel in Sydney Kingsley's Broadway drama Dead End about life in the slums of the east side of New York City. The play was performed at the Belasco Theatre and ran for three years with over 600 performances. He appeared for the first season and the beginning of the second but left in mid-November 1936. He returned in time to join the others in 1937 in Hollywood, California to make the movie version of the play, starring big names such as Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, and Claire Trevor. Following the making of Dead End, Jordan found himself "released" from his contract at Goldwyn, and, subsequently, he appeared at Warner Brothers with the rest of the Dead End Kids. After one year, Warners released most of them, but kept Leo Gorcey and Jordan as solo performers. Jordan appeared (as "Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom") in Warner's Damon Runyon comedy A Slight Case of Murder (1938) and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Young Tom Edison (1940). In 1940, Jordan appeared in the film Military Academy and accepted an offer from producer Sam Katzman to star in a new tough-kid series called "The East Side Kids." Leo Gorcey soon joined him, then Huntz Hall, and the trio continued to lead the series through 1943, when Jordan entered the United States Army during World War II as a foot soldier in the 97th Infantry Division. He was subsequently involved in an elevator accident that forced him to have surgery to remove his right kneecap. When Jordan returned to films in 1945, he found that his former gang-mates Gorcey and Hall were obtaining the lion's share of both the content and the salary for the new Bowery Boys film series. Dissatisfied with his background status, he left the series after eight entries, and made only a few films thereafter. On July 1, 1957, Jordan played Bob Ford, the assailant of Jesse James, in the Dale Robertson television series, Tales of Wells Fargo. The episode ends some two months before Ford assassinated James in the latter's residence in St. Joseph, Missouri. Hugh Beaumont appeared in the episode as Jesse James. In subsequent years, Jordan worked as a bartender, a bad choice for him considering his alcoholism. He worked to support his family as a door-to-door photograph salesman and as a roughneck for an oil driller. In 1957, Jordan and his wife divorced. On August 25, 1965, he entered the Veterans Hospital in Sawtelle, California, for treatment of cirrhosis of the liver. He died on September 10, 1965, at the age of 42. His former Dead End Kid and East Side Kid co-star, Leo Gorcey once observed, "Bobby Jordan must not have had a guardian angel." He is buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. One of his last performances was in a Bonanza episode, "The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch", where he played one of Bullet Head Burke's right hand men. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/boys-of-the-city-dvd-east-side-kids-bowery-boys-movie.html

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April 1, 1924: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): Political Violence In Germany (1918-1933): The Beer Hall Putsch (The Munich Putsch, The Hitler Putsch, The Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch) (German: Der Hitlerputsch, Der Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch): The Trial And Imprisonment Of Adolf Hitler: -- Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail. Aso known as the Munich Putsch, and, in German, as the Hitlerputsch, Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch, Burgerbrau-Putsch or mostly Marsch auf die Feldherrnhalle (March on the Feldherrnhalle), was a failed coup attempt by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, along with Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders, to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, during 8-9 November 1923. About two thousand Nazis marched to the centre of Munich, where they confronted the police, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four police officers. Hitler himself was not wounded during the clash, although he locked his left arm with the right arm of Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter who, when he was shot and killed, pulled Hitler to the pavement with him. Hitler escaped immediate arrest and was spirited off to safety in the countryside. After two days, Hitler was arrested and charged with treason. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-crimes-of-adolf-hitler-aka-das-leben-von-adolf-hitler-dvd.html

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April 1, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman and beauty (d. December 28, 2016) is #born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words. Her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled Debbie. She starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Molly Brown. Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996) (Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also a cabaret performer. In 1979, she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which was demolished in 2019 after being sold at auction, despite efforts to turn it into a museum. In 1969, she starred on television in The Debbie Reynolds Show, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 1973, Reynolds starred in a Broadway revival of the musical Irene and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace's mother Bobbi on Will & Grace. At the turn of the millennium, Reynolds reached a new, younger generation with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. In 1988, she released her autobiography, titled Debbie: My Life. In 2013, she released a second autobiography, Unsinkable: A Memoir. Reynolds also had several business ventures, including ownership of a dance studio and a Las Vegas hotel and casino, and she was an avid collector of film memorabilia, beginning with items purchased at the landmark 1970 MGM auction. She served as president of The Thalians, an organization dedicated to mental-health causes. Reynolds continued to perform successfully on stage, television, and film into her 80s. In January 2015, Reynolds received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2016, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Debbie Reynolds died of a hemorrhagic stroke one day after the death of her daughter, fellow actress Carrie Fisher. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/hollywood-without-makeup-dvd-film-star-home-movies.html

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April 1, 1933: The Interwar Period (The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Road To War: Nazi Germany (The German Reich, The Third Reich): Gleichschaltung (German: "Coordination", effectively meaning "Nazification"): The March 1933 German Federal Election: Pogroms: The History Of The Jews In Germany: Jewish Pogroms: Jewish Boycotts: Jewish Pogroms In Germany: Jewish Pogroms In Nazi Germany: Jewish Boycotts In Nazi Germany: -- The recently elected Nazis, under the direction of new deputy of the Reichstag Julius Streicher, organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic and racial acts known as The Nuremberg Laws, enacted in Nazi Germany on September 15, 1935 at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. In April 1933, after Nazi control of the German state apparatus gave the Gauleiters enormous power, Streicher, whose nicknames among his enemies were "The King Of Nuremberg", "The Beast Of Franconia", and because of his role as Gauleiter of Franconia, "Frankenfuehrer", organised the one-day boycott of Jewish businesses as a dress-rehearsal for other antisemitic commercial measures. As he consolidated his hold on power, he came to more or less rule the city of Nuremberg and his Gau Franken, and boasted that every Jew had been removed from Hersbruck. Streicher was the founder and publisher of the anti-Semitic newspaper Der Sturmer, which became a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine. His publishing firm also released three anti-Semitic books for children, including the 1938 Der Giftpilz (translated into English as The Toadstool or The Poisonous Mushroom), one of the most widespread pieces of propaganda, which warned about the supposed dangers Jews posed by using the metaphor of an attractive yet deadly mushroom. The publishing firm was financially very successful and made Streicher a multi-millionaire. After falling out with Hermann Goring in 1939, Streicher was declared unfit for leadership by a Nazi Party Court and stripped of his party posts, although he continued to publish Der Sturmer, which was not an official publication of the Party. After the war, Streicher was convicted of crimes against humanity and executed. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-longest-hatred-antisemitism-amp-jewish-persecution-dvd-mp3-us3.html

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April 1, 1936: #BOTD: #HBD! The Real Don Steele, one of the most popular disc jockeys in the United States, from the middle of the 1960s until his retirement (for health reasons) in May 1997 (d. August 5, 1997) is #born Donald Steele Revert in Hollywood, California. He was known as "The Real Don Steele," a name given to him by his program director, Steve Brown, in Omaha, Nebraska, who hoped the moniker would click with listeners and make him stand out from other radio personalities. Steele became nationally-known as a DJ on radio station KHJ in Los Angeles, where he helped to promote the "ultrahip" top-40 Boss Radio format which began at 3pm on April 27, 1965. He also appeared on TV as host Boss City and The Real Don Steele TV Show, a show which ran from 1965 to 1975 on KHJ-TV channel 9 in Los Angeles. When the popularity of AM radio gave way to FM stereo in the 1970s, Steele continued to remain a popular personality at the station. Following the years at 93/KHJ, The Real Don Steele continued to be heard on Los Angeles radio stations, including KIQQ (K-100), KRLA, KCBS-FM and KRTH-FM (K-Earth 101), until his death in August 1997. In the book Los Angeles Radio People, Steele recalled the beginnings of Boss Radio in 1965: "We were standing literally at ground zero, then (the radio format) became a huge giant. It was like a mushroom cloud that went up -- heavy on the mushroom.". Steele also gained additional notoriety due to an ill-fated promotion which KHJ undertook on behalf of his show during the summer of 1970. The promotion was dubbed a "Super Summer Spectacular" and involved Steele driving around the Los Angeles-area in a flashy red car. Throughout the day, KHJ would broadcast clues about Steele's location, and listeners who successfully tracked him down would receive cash prizes of about 25 USD. On July 16, 1970, two teenagers attempting to track Steele by car at speeds of roughly 80 miles per hour forced another car into a highway center divider, causing the death of Ronald Weirum. Weirum's family sued various parties, including KHJ, asserting that the tragedy was a foreseeable consequence of the recklessness inherent to the nature of the "Super Summer Spectacular" promotion. The family's lawsuit eventually reached the Supreme Court of California, which held for the plaintiffs. The Court's opinion in the case, Weirum v. RKO General, Inc., 15 Cal.3d 40 (1975) has since become a well-known holding on the subject of foreseeability in torts law, and is often studied in American law schools. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/dj-radio-airchecks-mp3-dvd-1950s60s70s-dis319506070.html

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April 1, 1941: Premieres: Film Premieres: American Film Premieres: -- Charlie Chaplin Festival, a 1938 compilation film with sound of silent movie shorts Chaplin made with the Mutual Film Corporation, is released in the United States. Charlie Chaplin composed added a musical score and added sound effects to this compilation of his Mutual shorts "The Adventurer", "The Cure", "Easy Street" and "The Immigrant", and retitled them "Immigrant / The Derelict / The Inebriate / The Convict". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-charlie-chaplin-carnival-festival-and-cavalcade-dvd-12-sound-fil12.html

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April 1, 1945: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The Volcano And Ryukyu Islands Campaign: The Battle Of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg): -- The Tenth United States Army invades Okinawa and attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army in the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II, beginning The Battle Of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg. The Battle Of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The 82-day battle lasted from April 1 until June 22, 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were planning to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations for the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. The United States created the Tenth Army, a cross-branch force consisting of the 7th, 27th, 77th, and 96th infantry divisions of the US Army with the 1st, 2nd, and 6th divisions of the Marine Corps, to fight on the island. The Tenth was unique in that it had its own tactical air force (joint Army-Marine command), and was also supported by combined naval and amphibious forces. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel") or tetsu no bofu ("violent wind of steel") in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of Japanese kamikaze attacks, and the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle was one of the bloodiest in the Pacific, with approximately 160,000+ casualties on both sides: at least 75,682 Allied and 84,166-117,000 Japanese, including drafted Okinawans wearing Japanese uniforms. 149,425 Okinawans were killed, committed suicide or went missing, a significant proportion of the estimated pre-war 300,000 local population. In the naval operations surrounding the battle, both sides lost considerable numbers of ships and aircraft, including the Japanese battleship Yamato. After the battle, Okinawa provided a fleet anchorage, troop staging areas, and airfields in proximity to Japan in preparation for the planned invasion. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/gi-diary-dvd-set-wwii-in-color-film-all-26-tv-shows-7-di267.html

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April 1, 1946: #BOTD: #HBD! Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer, best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of two prominent English rock and roll bands: Small Faces (1965-69) and subsequently Faces (1969-73), nicknamed "Plonk" with Small Faces and "Three-Piece" with Faces (d. June 4, 1997) is #born Ronald Frederick Lane in Plaistow Maternity Hospital, Plaistow, then a working-class area in East London, England. After Lane quit Faces in 1973, he collaborated with other musicians, leading his own bands and pursuing a solo career, while remaining close to his former bandmates. In 1977, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He was supported by charity projects and financial contributions from friends, former bandmates and fans. Ronnie Lane died of pneumonia in the final stages of 21 years of multiple sclerosis at his home in Trinidad, Colorado at the age of 51. He is buried at The Masonic Cemetery in Trinidad, Colorado; there is no publicly available evidence that he was a Freemason. For his work in both Small Faces and Faces, Lane was inducted posthumously into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/it-was-20-years-ago-today-1967-and-sgt-pepp201967.html

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April 1, 1949: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War): The History Of Asian Canadians: The History Of Japanese Canadians: The Internment Of Japanese Canadians: -- After seven years, and nearly four years after the end of The Pacific War, The Government Of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian Internment, which occurred when the Canadian government removed all of the Japanese Canadians from the British Columbia coast following the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, invasion of Malaya, attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent Canadian declaration of war on Japan during World War II. This forced relocation subjected many Japanese Canadians to government-enforced curfews and interrogations, job and property losses, and forced repatriation to Japan. Beginning after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and lasting until 1949 (four years after World War II had ended), Canadians of Japanese heritage were removed from their homes and businesses and sent to internment camps in the B.C. interior, and to farms and internment camps across Canada. The Canadian government shut down all Japanese-language newspapers, took possession of businesses and personal property. In order to fund internment, property belonging to Japanese Canadians was sold, including fishing boats, motor vehicles, houses, and personal belongings. In August 1944, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that Japanese Canadians were to move east out of B.C. The official policy stated that Japanese Canadians must move east of the Rocky Mountains or be repatriated to Japan following the end of the war. However, by 1947 many Japanese Canadians had been granted exemption to this enforced no-entry zone, but it was not until April 1, 1949 that Japanese Canadians were granted freedom of movement and could re-enter the "protected zone" along B.C.'s coast. On September 22, 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney delivered an apology, and the Canadian government announced a compensation package. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wwii-films-japanese-internment-and-us-films-about-japan-dvd.html

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April 1, 1955: Finales: Television Finales: -- Captain Video And His Video Rangers, the iconic American science fiction television series that aired on the DuMont Television Network and was the first series of its genre on American television, broadcasts its last episode. The series aired between June 27, 1949, and April 1, 1955, originally on Monday through Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, and then Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET. A separate 30-minute spinoff series called The Secret Files of Captain Video aired Saturday mornings, alternating with Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, from September 5, 1953, to May 29, 1954, a total of 20 episodes. Researcher Alan Morton estimates there were a total of 1,537 episodes (not counting the 20 Saturday morning episodes), although few of them exist after the destruction of the original broadcasts, which was commonplace at that time. Sponsors included Post Cereals, Skippy Peanut Butter, DuMont-brand television sets, and Peter Paul's PowerHouse candy bars. Premiums sold via the show included a flying saucer ring, a "secret seal" ring, cast photos, electronic goggles, a "secret ray gun", a rocket ship key chain, decoders, membership cards, and a set of 12 plastic spacemen. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/captain-video-dvd-and-space-patrol-tv-shows-old-time-television.html

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April 1, 1960: Rocket Launches: The History Of Broadcasting: The History Of Television Broadcasting: Television Broadcasting Firsts: The History Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Spage Age: The Space Race: The United States Space Program: Earth Satellites: Weather Satellites (Meteorological Satellites): Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS): TIROS-1 (TIROS-A, TIROS-I): -- The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space shortly after being launched at 11:40:09 GMT from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17 (LC-17A, now called SLC-17) atop a Thor DM 18-Able II (Thor-Able) rocket launch vehicle. TIROS-1 was the first full-scale weather satellite (the Vanguard 2 satellite was the first experimental/prototype weather satellite), the first of a series of TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellites) early weather satellites launched by the United States placed in low Earth orbit. TIROS-1 performed normally from launch until June 15, 1960, when an electrical power failure prevented further useful TV transmission. Over its over six-week lifespan, TIROS 1 returned 23,000 photos of the Earth, 19,000 of them usable for weather analysis. For the first time, it was possible to view large scale cloud patterns in their totality, and from this, identify storm regions. The satellite provided the first long-term observations of a developing storm from orbit, tracking the disintegration of a large cyclonic mass off the coast of Bermuda over the course of four days. In addition, TIROS 1 returned data on smaller scale structures such as tornadoes and jet streams, and findings returned from the satellite complemented and enhanced ground-based findings. TIROS satellites were the first satellites that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth, and as such were NASA's first experimental step towards enabling scientists to view the Earth from a new perspective: space. TIROS is the plural of "tiro" which in Latin means "a young soldier, a beginner", and as such reflects TIRO's status as the first satellite series of its kind. At that time, the effectiveness of satellite observations was still unproven. Since satellites were a new technology, the TIROS Program also tested various design issues for spacecraft: instruments, data and operational parameters. TIROS demonstrated at that time that "the key to genius is often simplicity." The goal of TIROS was to improve satellite applications for Earth-bound decisions, such as "should we evacuate the coast because of the hurricane?". Accordingly, the TIROS-1 Program's first priority was the development of a meteorological satellite information system. Weather forecasting was deemed the most promising application of space-based observations. The program, promoted by Harry Wexler, proved the usefulness of satellite weather observation, at a time when military reconnaissance satellites were secretly in development or use. TIROS 1 was an 18-sided right prism, 107 centimetres (42 in) across opposite corners and 56 centimetres (22 in) high. Spacecraft power was supplied by approximately 9000 1 centimetre (0.39 in)- by 2 centimetres (0.79 in) silicon solar cells mounted on the cover assembly and by 21 nickel-cadmium batteries. A single monopole antenna for reception of ground commands extended out from the top of the cover assembly. A pair of crossed-dipole antennas (235 MHz) for transmission projected down and diagonally out from the baseplate. Mounted around the edge of the baseplate were five diametrically opposed pairs of small, solid-fuel thrusters that maintained the satellite spin rate between 8 and 12 rpm. The satellite was equipped with two 1.27 centimetres (0.50 in)-diameter vidicon TV cameras, one wide angle and one narrow angle, for taking earth cloud cover pictures. The pictures were transmitted directly to a ground receiving station or were stored in a tape recorder on board for later playback, depending on whether the satellite was within or beyond the communication range of the station. The satellite was spin-stabilized. TIROS 1 remains in orbit as of 2023. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-race-for-space-dvd-1961-secret-soviet-f1961.html

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April 1, 1979: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Iranian Revolution: The 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic Referendum (A Referendum On Creating An Islamic Republic): Iranian Islamic Republic Day (Persian: Ruz E Jomhuri Ye Eslami): -- Iran becomes an Islamic republic when according to "official results", a March 30-31 referendum on the matter was approved by 98.2% of eligible citizens, officially overthrowing the Shah; Ayatollah Khomeini did not allow an open referendum, insisting that the Iranian population had chosen an "Islamic Republic" already by demonstrating against the Shah. In response, political parties such as the National Democratic Front and the Fadaiyan Khalgh boycotted the referendum, while The Mojahedin Khalgh, The Tudeh Party, The Liberation Movement, The National Front, and The Islamic People's Republican Party "objected to the imposition of Khomeini's choice". In order to include the Iranian youth who participated in the revolution, the voting age was lowered from 18 to 16. Following this, The Persian Constitution Of 1906 was declared invalid, and a new constitution for an Islamic state, The Constitution Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran, was created and ratified by The 1979 Iranian Constitutional Referendum of December 2-3, 1979. The Iranian Revolution (Persian: Enqelabe Iran, locally known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leader of one of the factions in the revolt. The revolution was supported by various Islamist and leftist organizations and student movements. Demonstrations against the Shah commenced in October 1977, developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included both secular and religious elements. The protests rapidly intensified in 1978 as a result of the burning of Rex Cinema which was seen as the trigger of the Revolution, and between August and December that year, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the country. The Shah left Iran in exile on January 16, 1979, as the last Persian monarch, leaving his duties to a regency council and Shapour Bakhtiar, who was an opposition-based prime minister. Ayatollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government, and returned to Tehran to a greeting by several thousand Iranians. The royal reign collapsed shortly after, on February 11, when guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the Shah in armed street fighting, bringing Khomeini to official power. Iran voted by national referendum to become an Islamic republic on April 1, 1979 and to formulate and approve a new theocratic-republican constitution whereby Khomeini became supreme leader of the country in December 1979. The revolution was unusual for the surprise it created throughout the world. It lacked many of the customary causes of revolution (defeat in war, a financial crisis, peasant rebellion, or disgruntled military); occurred in a nation that was experiencing relative prosperity; produced profound change at great speed; was massively popular; resulted in the exile of many Iranians; and replaced a pro-Western authoritarian monarchy with an anti-Western theocracy based on the concept of velayat-e faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists). It was a relatively nonviolent revolution, and it helped to redefine the meaning and practice of modern revolutions (although there was violence in its aftermath). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/america-held-hostage-as-it-happened-the-iran-hostage-crisis-mp4-dv4.html

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April 1: Chronology: Calendars: The Months Of The Year: -- The month of April begins, the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis but the derivation of this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, "to open", in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open", which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ?????? (anixi) (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her equivalent Greek goddess name Aphrodite (Aphros), or the Etruscan name Apru. Jacob Grimm suggests the name of a hypothetical god or hero, Aper or Aprus. April was the second month of the earliest Roman calendar, before Ianuarius and Februarius were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC, when it was 29 days long. The 30th day was added back during the reform of the calendar undertaken by Julius Caesar in the mid-40s BC, which produced the Julian calendar. The Anglo-Saxons called April eastre-monath. The Venerable Bede says in The Reckoning of Time that this month eastre is the root of the word Easter. He further states that the month was named after a goddess Eostre whose feast was in that month. It is also attested by Einhard in his work Vita Karoli Magni. St George's day is the twenty-third of the month; and St Mark's Eve, with its superstition that the ghosts of those who are doomed to die within the year will be seen to pass into the church, falls on the twenty-fourth. In China the symbolic ploughing of the earth by the emperor and princes of the blood took place in their third month, which frequently corresponds to April. In Finnish, April is huhtikuu, meaning slash-and-burn moon, when gymnosperms for beat and burn clearing of farmland were felled. In Slovene, the most established traditional name is mali traven, the month when plants start growing. It was first written in 1466 in the Skofja Loka manuscript. The month April originally had 30 days; Numa Pompilius made it 29 days long; finally, Julius Caesar's calendar reform made it 30 days long again, which was not changed in the calendar revision of Augustus Caesar in 8 BC. In Ancient Rome, the festival of Cerealia was held for seven days from mid-to-late April, but exact dates are still being determined. Feriae Latinae was also held in April, with the date varying. Other ancient Roman observances include Veneralia (April 1), Megalesia (April 10-16), Fordicidia (April 15), Parilia (April 21), Vinalia Urbana (April 23), Robigalia (April 25), and Serapia (April 25). Floralia was held April 27 during the Republican era, or April 28 on the Julian calendar, and lasted until May 3. However, these dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. The Lyrids meteor shower appears on April 16 - April 26 each year, with the peak generally occurring on April 22. The Eta Aquariids meteor shower also appears in April. It is visible from April 21 to May 20 each year, with peak activity on or around May 6. The Pi Puppids appear on April 23, but only in years around the parent comet's perihelion date. The Virginids also shower at various dates in April. The "Days of April" (journees d'avril) is a name assigned in French history to a series of insurrections at Lyons, Paris and elsewhere, against the government of Louis Philippe in 1834, which led to violent repressive measures, and to a famous trial known as the proces d'avril. April's birthstone is the diamond. The birth flower is the common daisy (Bellis perennis) or the sweet pea. The zodiac signs are Aries (until April 19) and Taurus (April 20 onward). https://store.earthstation1.com/the-historical-view-a-legacy-in-pictures-jpg-photo-cd.html

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April 1: Assyrian New Year (Akitu, Kha B-Nisan): -- A holiday that not only marks the beginning of a new year but also the beginning of spring. As the weather becomes warmer, plants start to flower, tree leaves begin to grow and young animals are born such as chicks and lambs. Thus the holiday is seen as a new beginning by many Assyrians. Assyrian New Year is a celebration of the link between ancient and modern Assyrians. It's one of the oldest-known religious festivals in the world. It originates from the ancient Sumerian civilization of southern Mesopotamia and it was celebrated throughout the ancient Assyrian Empire for several years. In ancient times, the Assyrian New Year was celebrated grandly for 12 days, one day for each month of the calendar year. The year was formerly divided into two seasons, summer and winter, and these were marked by two agricultural festivals, the sowing of barley in autumn and the cutting of barley in spring. It was obvious that agriculture played a key role in their celebrations. Assyria is home to the Assyrian people in the Kingdom of Northern Mesopotamia and it was later known to be the center of a great empire in the middle east. It was located in what is now known as Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. Assyria was not always an independent state and only gained its autonomy in the 14th century B.C. During the past century, most Assyrians have relocated to other parts of the world such as Europe, Australia, Russia, and North America. This move was influenced by different tragic events such as the massacres of Diyarbakir by the Ottoman Empire and the Kurdish tribes during World War I, the Simele massacres in 1933 in Iraq, and the Iranian Revolution in 1979. https://store.earthstation1.com/legacy-with-michael-wood-world-history-tv-series-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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April 1, 1917: #DOTD: #RIP: Scott Joplin, African American composer and pianist (b. c. 1868) #dies of syphilitic dementia at the age of 48 at Manhattan State Hospital, a mental institution in Manhattan, New York City. He was buried in a pauper's grave that remained unmarked for 57 years at St. Michael's Cemetery in East Elmhurst, Queens. His grave was finally given a marker in 1974, the year The Sting, which showcased his music, won for Best Picture at the Oscars. Born in Texarkana, Texas, he achieved fame for his ragtime compositions such as "the Entertainer" and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime". During his brief career, he wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas. One of his first, and most popular pieces, the "Maple Leaf Rag", became ragtime music's first and most influential hit, and has been recognized as the archetypal rag. Joplin was #born into a musical family of railway laborers in Northeast Texas, and developed his musical knowledge with the help of local teachers. Joplin grew up in Texarkana, where he formed a vocal quartet, and taught mandolin and guitar. During the late 1880s he left his job as a laborer with the railroad, and travelled around the American South as an itinerant musician. He went to Chicago for the World' Fair of 1893, which played a major part in making ragtime a national craze by 1897. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-history-of-jazz-by-billy-taylor-parts-i-amp-ii-dvd.html

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April 1, 2014: #DOTD: #RIP: Speedo Frazier, African American lead singer and founding member of the first popular racially integrated American doo-wop group The Impalas (b. September 5, 1943) #dies on April Fools Day, 2014 at the age of 70. The Impalas were best known in the late 1950s for their hit, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)". The group formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, and was composed of lead singer Joe "Speedo" Frazier (September 5, 1943 - April 1, 2014), Richard Wagner, Lenny Renda and Tony Carlucci. They were a racially integrated group; Frazier was the only black member. They recorded for Hamilton Records and were found by songwriters Artie Zwirn and Aristides "Gino" Giosasi, who wrote the song "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)". In 1959 disc jockey Alan Freed heard the group, added his name as a writer of the song and got them a deal with MGM Records subsidiary label Cub. In the US, the record reached No. 2 on the U.S. pop chart, No. 14 on the R & B chart. Outside the US, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" peaked at No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart. The song sold over one million copies, earning gold disc status. The group recorded follow-ups including "'Bye Everybody," "Oh What A Fool," an album for Cub, and one further single for the 20th Century label before disbanding in 1961. Frazier went on to sing with Love's Own in 1973, and in 1980 resurrected the Impalas as a touring act. https://store.earthstation1.com/those-oldies-but-goodies-rock-amp-roll-doo-wop-mp3-dv3.html

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April 1, 1984: #DOTD: #RIP: Marvin Gaye, African American R & B and soul singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, earning him the nicknames "Prince Of Motown" and "Prince Of Soul" (b. (April 2, 1939) #dies on the eve of his 45th birthday when he was shot and killed by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., at their house in Hancock Park, Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, after an argument. Gaye intervened in a fight between his parents in the early afternoon hours in the family house in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. He became involved in a physical altercation with his father, Marvin Gay Sr., who shot Gaye twice, once in the chest, piercing his heart, and then into Gaye's shoulder, in Gaye's bedroom at 12:38 p.m. The first shot proved fatal. Gaye was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m. after his body arrived at California Hospital Medical Center. After Gaye's funeral, his body was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park-Hollywood Hills, and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. Gay Sr. was initially charged with first-degree murder, but he later pleaded no contest to reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter following a diagnosis of a brain tumor. He was given a suspended six-year sentence and probation. He died at a nursing home in 1998. Marvin Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye, at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr. and domestic worker Alberta Gay (nee Cooper). Gaye's Motown songs include "Ain't That Peculiar", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". Gaye also recorded duets with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Diana Ross. During the 1970s, Gaye recorded the albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On and became one of the first artists in Motown to break away from the reins of a production company. His later recordings influenced several contemporary R & B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul. "Sexual Healing", released in 1982 on the album Midnight Love, won him his first two Grammy Awards. Gaye's last televised appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner"; Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever; and Soul Train. Many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and inductions into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-rock-39n39-roll-dvd-complete-tv-series-5-39395.html

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April 1, 1969: Record Releases: -- More Today Than Yesterday by The Spiral Starecase is released in the UK. It had been released in the United States on January 7, 1969: A song written by Pat Upton and performed by Spiral Starecase, of which Upton was the lead vocalist, the song was produced by Sonny Knight and arranged by Al Capps. The principal idea of the song was made famous at the turn of the 20th century in a poem by Rosemonde Gerard, the wife of the poet and playwright Edmond Rostand, the author of Cyrano de Bergerac ("Car, vois-tu, chaque jour je t'aime davantage, Aujourd'hui plus qu'hier et bien moins que demain." [For, you see, each day I love you more, Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.]). More Today Than Yesterday reached No. 6 in Canada, No. 7 on the Cashbox Top 100, and No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. It was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but did not chart. The song was featured on their 1969 album, More Today Than Yesterday. It ranked No. 50 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1969. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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April 1, 1947: #BOTD: #HBD! Robin Scott, English singer and founder of the London new wave and synthpop music project he called M, best known for the 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, is #born Robin Edmond Scott in Croydon, Surrey, where he attended Croydon Art College and met Malcolm McLaren -- future promoter and a manager of the punk and new wave acts The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, Adam And The Ants, and Bow Wow Wow -- in the late 1960s. McLaren and fashion guru Vivienne Westwood, the two of whom would collaborate ten years later in the Chelsea clothes shop SEX, was befriended by Scott. He declined their offer to be involved in SEX, preferring to make his career in music. While at college he had displayed a talent for writing topical songs which he performed on radio and television. This led to his debut album, for which he was backed by Mighty Baby. Woman From the Warm Grass was released on a small independent record label called Head Records. Scott began performing his own songs and accompanying himself on guitar. He spent a period playing folk music clubs as a solo musician, sharing bills with emerging artists such as David Bowie, John Martyn and Ralph McTell. He also recorded a session for the BBC, one of the tracks from which was included on the CD reissue of the album in 2001. In early 1970, Scott conceived a multimedia project, The Voice, which was aired on BBC Radio 3. He left Britain to travel both around Europe and North America. When he returned, he made demos with members of the progressive rock band Camel, songwriter Terry Britten and music publisher Ronnie Scott. In 1972, he won the Search for a Star national talent contest, and was offered a recording contract by EMI, but turned down the deal because the label would not support his backing band. In 1973, he performed in bands with Pete Thomas (later of Elvis Costello And The Attractions), and Paul "Bassman" Riley, and also wrote a musical called Heartaches & Teardrops, a play with original songs which has parallels to The Rocky Horror Show, and the True Love and Romance comic strip genre. Scott then started working with Roogalator, a well regarded and original R & B band. He produced their debut single, "Cincinnati Fatbac" (one of the first releases on Stiff Records) followed by "Love & the Single Girl" on Virgin. Virgin failed to pick up the option to release the band's first album so Scott produced Roogalator's debut LP Play It By Ear for release on Do It Records which he co-founded in 1978 with Max and Ian Tregoning. Scott also recorded "Cry Myself to Sleep" under the alias of Comic Romance, for release on Do It. In 1978, Scott worked as producer for Barclay Records in Paris, France where he lived with his girlfriend Brigitte Vinchon (alias Brigit Novik), after producing and filming with director Julien Temple and all female punk quartet The Slits. In 1979 Do It released early recordings by Adam and the Ants. While still in Paris he recorded early versions of "Moderne Man" and "Satisfy Your Lust", tracks which would ultimately appear on the first M album. Using a group of session musicians he called "M", he also produced and recorded "Pop Muzik". It became a top 40 hit in the UK and popular again in 1989 when it was remixed and re-released. Among the other musicians who played on the track were his brother Julian Scott (on bass), then-unknown keyboardist Wally Badarou, later known for his close association with the English group Level 42 and for his prolific work as a session musician, Canadian programmer John Lewis and backing vocalist Brigit Novik. When it was released in the UK in early 1979, it became a hit, reaching No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 in the US, after which MCA Records, the label which had released the single, requested he record an album. New York - London - Paris - Munich was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, at Queen's Mountain Studios, and using their regular engineer, David Richards as well as Julian Scott, Wally Badarou (who would later work with Stevie Winwood, among others) and Brigit Novik. Additional musicians on the LP included drummer Phil Gould (also later of Level 42), Gary Barnacle on saxophone and flute, and (at the time) local Montreux resident David Bowie, who did occasional handclaps. Released in the UK at the end of 1979 and on Sire Records in the US, the album sold well. "Moonlight And Muzak" was released in late 1979 as the third single from the album, peaking at No. 33 in the UK. MCA executives were unhappy with this change of direction, but with a hit behind him, Scott felt it was relevant to be heard at this point. The track was written as a result of his experiences in the U.S. where he came into contact with the music company called the Muzak Organisation. He described it as "a very weird experience. There were all these white collar workers conscientiously putting together music with the precision of chemists. Way before Brian Eno was doing it, these guys were doing it for real. They were pre-occupied with the pace of workers in factories, and how to maximise their efficiency." The song was a UK Top 40 hit, and then "That's The Way The Money Goes" became another charting hit inside of a year. A 45-minute film incorporating videos and concert performances to date came as a result of a quick globe-trotting world tour in the wake of the hit. In late 1980, the follow-up album called The Official Secrets Act was released, containing the songs "Keep It to Yourself" and the title track, and was inspired, albeit tongue-in-cheek, by the overwhelming worldwide paranoia of the time. It was recorded in the UK and Dublin, with contributions from Bill Whelan (the man behind Riverdance, who at the time worked as an arranger). Among the musicians on the album were Phil Gould on drums again, who also introduced his friend and subsequent Level 42 colleague Mark King. King at the time played guitar as much as bass; these recordings took place prior to his discovery of his trademark sound. In 1981, Scott co-produced rising star Ryuichi Sakamoto, along with fellow members of the Yellow Magic Orchestra (who also participated on subsequent albums Left Handed Dream and The Arrangement), as did King Crimson/David Bowie guitarist Adrian Belew, while Scott and Brigit Novik supplied vocals and co-wrote four tracks. The same year brought a third M album Famous Last Words, which featured many of the musicians from the previous albums, including the early incarnation of Level 42 (who by this time were having their own regular hits), producer Wally Badarou also playing keyboards, Julian Scott on bass, Brigit Novik on backing vocals, a young Thomas Dolby on programming, Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi, guitarist from Gang of Four Andy Gill and Tony Levin on bass. MCA declined release of the album in the UK, and it was only released in France, Italy and the US (where M was not even signed). Subsequently, the label and M parted company. At this point some role reversing took place and Scott produced the M single "Danube" for the Stiff label, featuring Brigit Novik on vocals, followed by "The Wedding Dance" presenting Novik as an artist in her own right. As a development of the ethnic references on The Official Secrets Act and the Stiff releases, Scott found a new musical direction, producing an EP of African acts in Kenya. This led to the album Jive Shikisha! (credited to Robin Scott & Shikisha), recorded in Kenya and the UK between 1983 and 1984, with musicians from several different African states. The album featured a female vocal trio from South Africa, Shikisha (hence the album title), Wally Badarou and Julian Scott. Most of this world music was originally suppressed, but was remastered and released in 2003. The resurgence of interest in Scott and the history of "Pop Muzik" follows U2's use of the Steve Osborne remix opening their PopMart tour. Remixes have come from all sides, from Marcus' "Pop Muzic 2001" in 2002, and by Junior Vasquez and the Dub Pistols in 2003. In 2003 a collection of Scott's artwork was shown at the Ensign Gallery in London. and a compilation including both retrospective studio recording and period demos was released with title of Life Class featuring artwork from the exhibition. Scott appeared in the Countdown Spectacular two-concert series in Australia between late August and early September 2007, where he performed "Pop Muzik" live for the first time. In 2009, an album featuring the original 1979 mix and thirteen remixes of "Pop Muzik" was issued by Union Square. In August 2017, Scott released the album Emotional DNA in digital format. On June 23, 2023, Scott released the first new single by M in 41 years, a track called "Break the Silence". https://store.earthstation1.com/offshore-pirate-radio-2-dual-layer-mp3-dvds-uk-amp-euro23.html

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April 1, 1988: #DOTD: #RIP: Jim Jordan, American actor who played Fibber McGee in Fibber McGee And Molly, one of radio's most popular radio series, and voiced the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers (1977) (b. November 16, 1896) #dies following a major stroke which caused him to fall down at his Beverly Hills, California home and left him comatose for over a week until his death, aged 91. His death came shortly before voice actors were being hired for the 1990 American animated adventure film The Rescuers Down Under produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation; in acknowledgement of Jordan's death, Roy E. Disney wrote his character out of the script (John Candy would play the character's brother instead). He is buried next to Marian Jordan in the Saint Ann section of Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, and is next to the plot of Sharon Tate. James Edward Jordan was born in 1896 on a farm near Peoria, Illinois. He attended St. John's Church in Peoria, and his family eventually sold the farm and moved into Peoria. It was at church choir practice that he met Marian Driscoll, whom he married on August 31, 1918. Jim Jordan went on the vaudeville circuit, both as a solo act and with his wife, Marian, at various times until 1924. They went entirely broke in 1923, having to be wired money by their parents to get back to Peoria from Lincoln, Illinois. Jim and Marian Jordan got their major break in radio while performing in Chicago in 1924; Jim said he could give a better performance than the singers they were listening to on the radio, and his brother Byron bet 10 USD that Jim couldn't do it. By the end of the evening, Jim and Marian had their first radio contract, at 10 USD per show for 26 weeks as The O'Henry Twins, sponsored by Oh Henry! candy. The Jordans would work as a double act for the remainder of their careers, seldom appearing separate from each other, with Jim as the comic foil and Marian as the stooge. From 1931 to 1935, they produced the low-budget sitcom Smackout, in which they portrayed most of the characters (including semi-fictional versions of themselves). In 1935, the couple, along with head writer Don Quinn, teamed up to create Fibber McGee and Molly, a weekly sitcom that was given a larger budget and an ensemble cast. Fibber McGee and Molly ran as a weekly series until 1953. In addition to the general decline of scripted radio and the concurrent rise of television, Marian's health was beginning to fail. The show would transition to a pre-recorded daily sitcom from 1953 to 1956, then to a short-form weekly series (under the name Just Molly and Me) for Monitor from 1957 to 1959. In 1959, Fibber McGee and Molly was finally adapted for television, after years of resistance. Marian was too ill to continue, and for reasons unexplained (nothing in the radio series had identified the age of either of the McGees), neither Jim nor Don Quinn (nor Quinn's successor as head writer of the radio show, Phil Leslie) transitioned to the new series; new writers were brought in, and both the McGees were recast. The television version of Fibber McGee and Molly, with Bob Sweeney as Fibber, was a critical and commercial failure. Marian Jordan died in April 1961. Jim Jordan married Gretchen Stewart (1909-1998), the widow of radio comic Harry Stewart (Yogi Yorgesson) in 1962; they remained married for the rest of his life, and he remained in semi-retirement, other than a brief comeback in the mid-1970s when Jordan appeared in an episode of Chico and the Man, did voice work for The Rescuers and appeared in a public service announcement for AARP. https://store.earthstation1.com/fibber-mcgee-and-molly-mp3-dvd-complete-radio-serie3.html

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April 1, 2024: #DOTD: #RIP: Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV from 1976 to 1984 (on which he also served as a writer), and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks (b. June 21, 1941) #dies aged 82 in Toronto, Canada after a short undisclosed illness. His burial detalis are not publicly disclosed. Joe Flaherty was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of a production clerk at Westinghouse Electric. His father was of Irish heritage and his mother was of Italian descent. He started his comedy career with the Second City Theater as Joe O'Flaherty. Along with several other Second City performers, he began appearing on the National Lampoon Radio Hour from 1973 to 1974. After seven years in Chicago, he moved to Toronto to help establish the Toronto Second City theatre troupe. During those years, he was one of the original writer/performers on SCTV, where he spent eight years on the show, playing such characters as Big Jim McBob (of Farm Film Report fame), Count Floyd/Floyd Robertson, and station owner/manager Guy Caballero who goes around in a wheelchair only for respect. Other memorable Flaherty characterizations included emotional talk show host Sammy Maudlin, seedy saxophonist-private eye Vic Arpeggio, aggressive elocution lecturer Norman Gorman, myopic public television host Hugh Betcha and "crazy as a snake" ex-convict Rocco. As of 2004, Flaherty was a member of the faculty at Humber College, where he teaches a comedy writing course. He was also on the program's Advisory Committee. He was an accomplished pianist. https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-cable-age-classics-i-dvd.html

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Today, April 1, 2026
April 1, 1926: #DOTD: #RIP: Jacob Adler, nicknamed "Nesher Hagodol" (Yiddish: "The Great Eagle", Adler being the German for "Eagle"), Jewish actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and in New York City's Yiddish Theater District (b. February 12, 1855) #dies almost instantly after he collapsed suddenly in New York City, aged 71. He is buried in Old Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, where other members of his family including his daughter Stella are also buried. Jacob Adler was born Jacob Pavlovich Adler in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). He achieved his first theatrical success in Odessa, but his career there was rapidly cut short when Yiddish theater was banned in Russia in 1883. He then became a star in Yiddish theater in London, and in 1889, on his second voyage to the United States, he settled in New York City. Adler soon started a company of his own, ushering in a new, more serious Yiddish theater, most notably by recruiting the Yiddish theater's first realistic playwright, Jacob Gordin. Adler scored a great triumph in the title role of Gordin's Der Yiddisher King Lear (The Jewish King Lear), set in 19th-century Russia, which along with his portrayal of Shakespeare's Shylock would form the core of the persona he defined as the "Grand Jew". Nearly all his family went into theater; probably the most famous was his beautiful and gifted daughter Stella, star of Yiddish and American stage and theatre, who taught method acting to, among other people, Marlon Brando. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-golden-age-of-second-ave-yiddish-theatre-in-america-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Montparnasse Revisited: The Genius That Was Paris DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, April 1, 2026
April 1, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP: Max Ernst, German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) self-taught painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet, primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism in Europe (b. April 2, 1891) #dies on unspecified causes the day before his 85 birthday in Paris, France. He is interred at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. Max Ernst was born in Bruhl, Rhineland, German Empire. He had an experimental attitude toward the making of art that resulted in his invention of frottage - a technique that uses pencil rubbings of textured objects and relief surfaces to create images - and grattage, an analogous technique in which paint is scraped across canvas to reveal the imprints of the objects placed beneath. Ernst is noted for his unconventional drawing methods as well as for creating novels and pamphlets using the method of collages. He served as a soldier for four years during World War I, and this experience left him shocked, traumatised and critical of the modern world. During World War II he was designated an "undesirable foreigner" while living in France. Ernst was born in Bruhl, Rhineland, German Empire. He began painting in 1909 while studying at the University of Bonn, and later joined the Die Rheinischen Expressionisten group of artists. Ernst's work often featured ironic juxtapositions of grotesque elements with Cubist and Expressionist motifs. He had a fascination with birds, often including his alter ego, Loplop, a bird, in his work. He eventually settled in France and achieved financial success in the 1950s. https://store.earthstation1.com/montparnasse-revisted-the-genius-that-was-paris-3-dvd3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Arts And Glasnost (1988) TV Series DVD, Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, April 1, 2026
April 1, 2017: #DOTD: #RIP: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet (b. July 18, 1933) #dies peacefully in his sleep of heart failure on the morning of April Fool's Day 2017 aged 83 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He had been diagnosed with cancer about six years before and that he had undergone surgery to remove part of a kidney, but the disease had recently returned. His wife, Maria Novikova, and their two sons, Dmitry and Yevgeny, were reportedly with him when he died. He was born Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gangnus in the small town of Zima in the Irkutsk region of Siberia to a peasant family of noble descent. He later took his mother's last name, Yevtushenko. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko was also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, publisher, actor, editor and director of several films. He was personally well liked, and his art well regarded, in the west both during and after the Cold War. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-arts-and-glasnost-dvd-3-part-tv-documentary-serie3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Pirates 12 Part Documentary Series MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, April 1, 2026
April X, 1721: Crime: Organized Crime: Piracy: The Golden Age Of Piracy (1650s-1730s): -- #DOTD?: Anne Bonny, sometimes Anne Bonney, Irish pirate operating in the Caribbean, and one of the few female pirates in recorded history (b. March 8, 1697) disappears, with an uncertain fate. She was incarcerated for piracy in April 1721 at the age of 24 in Port Royal, Colony of Jamaica. There is no record of Bonny's release, and this has fed speculation as to her fate. A ledger lists the burial of an "Ann Bonny" on December 29, 1733, in Jamaica, the same town where she was tried. Charles Johnson writes in A General History Of The Robberies And Murders Of The Most Notorious Pyrates, published in 1724: "She was continued in Prison, to the Time of her lying in, and afterward reprieved from Time to Time; but what is become of her since we cannot tell; only this we know, that she was not executed". Other sources have stated that she may have returned to the United States after her imprisonment, dying in South Carolina, where she was raised, in April 1782. Bonny was born in Ireland around 1700 and moved to London and then to the Province of Carolina when she was about 10 years old. Around 1718 she married sailor James Bonny, assumed his last name, and moved with him to Nassau in the Bahamas, a sanctuary for pirates. It was there that she met Calico Jack Rackham and became his pirate partner and lover. She was captured alongside Rackham and Mary Read in October 1720. All three were sentenced to death, but Bonny and Read had their executions stayed because both of them "pleaded their bellies", a process of English common law which permitted a woman in the later stages of pregnancy to receive a reprieve of her death sentence until after she bore her child. Read died of a fever in jail in April 1721 (likely due to complications from the pregnancy). https://store.earthstation1.com/pirates-12-part-documentary-series-mp4-video-download-124.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: New York City History Documentary Collection MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, April 1, 2026
April 1, 1991: #DOTD: #RIP: Martha Graham, American modern dancer and choreographer whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide (b. May 11, 1894) #dies in New York City from pneumonia in 1991, aged 96, having choreographed until her death. Just before she became sick with pneumonia, she finished the final draft of her autobiography, Blood Memory, which was published posthumously in the fall of 1991. She was cremated, and her ashes were spread over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico. Martha Graham was born in Allegheny City (later to become part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania. Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and receive the highest civilian award of the US: the Presidential Medal Of Freedom with Distinction. In her lifetime she received honors ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. She said, in the 1994 documentary The Dancer Revealed: "I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable." Founded in 1926 (the same year as Graham's professional dance company), the Martha Graham School is the oldest school of dance in the United States. First located in a small studio within Carnegie Hall, the school currently has two different studios in New York City. https://store.earthstation1.com/new-york-city-history-videos-3-dvd-se3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Compleat Beatles Documentary Film DVD, MP4 Download, Flash Drive
Today, April 1, 2026
April 1, 2015: #DOTD: #RIP: Cynthia Lennon, first wife of John Lennon, mother of Julian Lennon and beauty (b. September 10, 1939) #dies in Calvia, Mallorca, Spain where she died at her home where she lived in her later years at the age of 75 following a brief bout with cancer, her son Julian by her side. Cynthia Lennon was born Cynthia Powell in Blackpool, a large town and seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Raised in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, she attended the Liverpool College of Art where Lennon was also a student. Powell and Lennon started a relationship after meeting in a calligraphy class. When Lennon was performing in Hamburg with the Beatles, Powell rented his bedroom at 251 Menlove Avenue in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton from his aunt and legal guardian, Mimi Smith. After Powell became pregnant, she and Lennon married in August 1962, and the couple lived at Kenwood in Weybridge from 1964 to 1968, where she kept house and participated with Lennon in a London-based social life. In 1968, Lennon left her for Japanese artist Yoko Ono; as a result, the couple's divorce was legally granted in November 1968 on the grounds of adultery. Powell had three further marriages. She published a book of memoirs, A Twist of Lennon, in 1978, and a more intimate biography, John, in 2005. Over the years, she held several auctions of memorabilia associated with her life with Lennon. https://store.earthstation1.com/the-compleat-beatles-documentary-dvd.html