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April 2, 2026: Thursday Before Easter: --
Religion: The History Of Religion: Abrahamic Religions:
Christianity: Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "Fortieth"):
Holy Week (Holy And Great Week, Passion Week): Maundy Thursday
(Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great And Holy Thursday,
Thursday Of Mysteries, Sheer Thursday): The Tenebrae Service, Day
Two: The Paschal Triduum (Easter Triduum, Holy Triduum, The Three
Days), Day One: -- According to the gospels, on this day, the
sixth day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity -- following after
Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday. Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday and Holy
Wednesday -- and the fifth day of Holy Week in Western
Christianity, after Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday and
Holy Wednesday -- marks the beginning of The Paschal Triduum, the
period of three days that recalls the Passion, Crucifixion, Death,
burial, and Resurrection of Jesus, as portrayed in the canonical
Gospels, and begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy
Thursday, reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil of Holy
Saturday, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. Maundy
Thursday also commemorates The Maundy (from Old French "Mande",
from Latin "Mandatum" meaning "Command") (The
Washing Of the Feet, The Washing Of The Saints' Feet, Pedelavium,
Pedilavium) -- a religious rite observed by various Christian
denominations -- and The Last Supper, the final meal that Jesus
shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. In
Western Christianity many churches of various denominations
observe the second day of 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. Maundy Thursday
is so named because the word mandatum is the first word of the
Latin Biblical quotation sung at the ceremony of The Washing Of
The Feet: "Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut
dilexi vos", from the text of John 13:34 in the Vulgate ("I
give you a new commandment, That ye love one another as I have
loved you"). The Maundy ceremony commemorates the commandment
of Christ that his disciples should emulate his loving humility in
the washing of the feet, as described in John 13:14-17: "2
The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already
prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and
that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up
from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel
around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and
began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that
was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
"Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" 7 Jesus replied,
"You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will
understand." 8 "No," said Peter, "you shall
never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you,
you have no part with me." 9 "Then, Lord," Simon
Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as
well!" 10 Jesus answered, "Those who have had a bath
need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you
are clean, though not every one of you." 11 For he knew who
was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one
was clean. 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on
his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand
what I have done for you?" he asked them. 13 "You call
me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also
should wash one another's feet. 15 I have set you an example that
you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no
servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater
than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you
will be blessed if you do them." The Last Supper provides the
scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also called Holy Communion,
The Blessed Sacrament or The Lord's Supper, a Christian rite that
is considered a sacrament (a theological understanding of how the
divine is made present within creation) in most churches and an
ordinance (ordained by Jesus) in others. Christians believe that
the Eucharistic rite was instituted by Jesus before his
crucifixion when he gave his disciples bread and wine at The
Passover Meal. Passages in the New Testament state that he
commanded them to "do this in memory of me" while
referring to the bread as "my body" and the cup of wine
as "the blood of my covenant, which is poured out for many".
The New Commandment was given as part of the final instructions to
his disciples after the Last Supper had ended, and after Judas
Iscariot had departed; as recounted in John 13:30: "18 'I am
not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this
is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: 'He who shared my bread
has turned against me.' 19 'I am telling you now before it
happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am
who I am. 20 Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send
accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.'
21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and
testified, 'Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray
me.' 22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know
which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus
loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this
disciple and said, 'Ask him which one he means.' 25 Leaning back
against Jesus, he asked him, 'Lord, who is it?' 26 Jesus answered,
"It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I
have dipped it in the dish." Then, dipping the piece of
bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon
as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told
him, 'What you are about to do, do quickly.' 28 But no one at the
meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had
charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy
what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the
poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it
was night. 31 When he was gone, Jesus said, 'Now the Son of Man is
glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in
him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at
once. 33 'My children, I will be with you only a little longer.
You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you
now: Where I am going, you cannot come. 34 'A new command I give
you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you love one another.' 36 Simon Peter asked him, "Lord,
where are you going?" Jesus replied, 'Where I am going, you
cannot follow now, but you will follow later.' 37 Peter asked,
'Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for
you.' 38 Then Jesus answered, 'Will you really lay down your life
for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will
disown me three times!' 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,
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April 2: National Peanut Butter And Jelly
Day (National P B & J Day): -- National Peanut Butter And
Jelly Day is on April 2, and we couldn't be more excited! Mostly
popular in the U.S., peanut butter and jelly may seem like an odd
combination to some, but it sure is a great snack. The best part
is the many combinations of this classic - choosing different
flavors of jelly or alternating between creamy and crunchy peanut
butter! This combo is just about the best thing since sliced
bread, even though technically it's been around a few years
longer. Peanut butter debuted at the 1883 Chicago World's Fair. It
was mainly sold in fancy tea rooms until the early 1900s, when the
peanut industry commercialized and peanut butter became more
affordable for everyone. A home economist named Julia Davis
Chandler conjured up the first known recipe for P B & J in a
Boston cooking magazine back in 1901 (she recommended currant
jelly). The 1928 pre-sliced bread revolution led a lot of people
to eat peanut butter sandwiches during the Great Depression since
it was an affordable and nutritious treat that kids could make for
themselves. During WWII the U.S. Army's food ration list included
peanut butter, jelly, and bread - so give soldiers the credit for
combining these tasty ingredients into the classic combination we
know and love today. They brought their recipe back home, and
American children have benefited ever since. Let's give thanks to
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April 2: National Reconciliation Day: --
An annual opportunity to mend relationships that we may have
damaged on purpose or not, through our words or actions. "Forgive
and ask for forgiveness" is the resonant message for National
Reconciliation Day. It is a day when you have to dump your
apprehensions about approaching a person you've hurt in the past.
Without analyzing whose mistake it was, just take a step toward
that person. Where a rash moment can damage relationships, a
sincere effort on National Reconciliation Day can repair the
damage. The day urges people to heal old wounds by clearing
misunderstandings and asking to be forgiven. You gossiped about
your colleague's failed romance in the office, leading to people
perceiving you as disrespectful of the opposite sex. While you
were just having fun, your colleague was angry and stopped talking
to you. At some stage or other, we all have been guilty of
damaging relationships through our words or deeds. A single act or
sentence creates a deep misunderstanding and, before you realize
it, results in a gaping fissure in the relationship. Anger and
disappointment take over, and soon, the relationship is damaged
beyond repair. Days become months and years, and not a single word
is exchanged. It could happen between childhood friends, siblings,
family members, or even your teammate from the local football
team. As time passes, the damage could transcend to your other
relationships. Estrangement with your spouse's family could lead
to marital stress. Similarly, problems with your colleague could
lead to professional and work-related stress. Slowly, anger turns
to bitterness and seeps into your psyche, leaving you a troubled
soul. National Reconciliation Day offers people an opportunity to
reconcile relationships and work on past issues. Reach out to the
person with whom you were once on good terms and do your part to
break down barriers. You may or may not apologize, but it is
essential to show a willingness to reconcile. The credit for the
Day goes to newspaper columnist Ann Landers. Active in the 1980s,
she regularly responded to her readers' letters. In response to
one such letter, she started promoting April 2 as Reconciliation
Day. Each year, on the day, she encouraged her readers to mend
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April 2: Marvin Gaye Day: -- April 2,
1939: #BOTD: #HBD! 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" (d.
April 1, 1984) is #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. Marvin Gaye died 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
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April 2, 742: #BOTD: #HBD! Charlemagne,
also known as Charles The Great (Latin: Carolus Magnus; German:
Karl Der Grosse), King of the Franks from 768, King of the
Lombards from 774 and Holy Roman Emperor from 800 (d. January 28,
814) is #born Charles Martel in Herstal, a municipality of
Wallonia, a province of modern Belgium, in either the city of
Aachen or Liege. Numbered Charles I, he united much of western and
central Europe during the early Middle Ages. He was the first
recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of
the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded
Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian
Empire. He was later canonized (made a saint) by the pope.
Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of
Laon, having been born before their canonical marriage (i.e.
before their formal marriage). He became king in 768 following his
father's death, initially as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I.
Carloman's sudden death in December 771 under unexplained
circumstances left Charlemagne as the sole, undisputed ruler of
the Frankish Kingdom. He continued his father's policy towards the
papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power
in northern Italy and leading an incursion into Muslim Spain. He
campaigned against the Saxons to his east, Christianising them
upon penalty of death and leading to events such as the Massacre
of Verden. Charlemagne reached the height of his power in 800 when
he was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III on Christmas
Day at Rome's Old St. Peter's Basilica. Charlemagne has been
called the "Father of Europe" (Pater Europae),as he
united most of Western Europe for the first time since the
classical era of the Roman Empire and united parts of Europe that
had never been under Frankish rule. His rule spurred the
Carolingian Renaissance, a period of energetic cultural and
intellectual activity within the Western Church. All Holy Roman
Emperors considered their kingdoms to be descendants of
Charlemagne's empire, up to the last Emperor Francis II and the
French and German monarchies. Charlemagne died of pleurisy in
Aachen, Francia. He is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious as
king of the Frankish Empire. He is laid to rest in The
Karlsschrein (English: Shrine of Charlemagne), a gilded
sarcophagus in Aachen Cathedral in his imperial capital city of
Aachen. He married at least four times and had three legitimate
sons, but only his son Louis the Pious survived to succeed him. On
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April 2, 1725: #BOTD: #HBD! Giacomo
Casanova, Italian romantic, explorer and author (d. June 4, 1798)
is #born Giacomo Girolamo Casanova in Venice, Republic of Venice
(now Italy). His autobiography, Story of My Life, is regarded as
one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of
European social life during the 18th century. As was not uncommon
at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or
less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the name
of his mother) or "Chevalier de Seingalt" He often
signed his works "Jacques Casanova de Seingalt" after he
began writing in French following his second exile from Venice. He
has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate
affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with
"womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes,
and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe, and
Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count
Waldstein's household, the House of Waldstein, whose most
prominent members include Albrecht von Wallenstein, the Imperial
general during the Thirty Years' War, and Ferdinand Ernst von
Waldstein, a statesman and early patron of Ludwig van Beethoven;
it was there that Casanova wrote the story of his life. Giacomo
Casanova died at the age of 73 in Dux, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
(now Duchcov, Czech Republic). His last words are said to have
been "I have lived as a philosopher and I die as a
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April 2, 1840: #BOTD: #HBD! Emile Zola,
French journalist, novelist, and playwright, the best-known
practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an
important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism
(b. September 29, 1902) is #born Emile Edouard Charles Antoine
Zola in Paris, France to a Venitian father of some Greek ancestry
and a French mother. Emile Zola was a major figure in the
political liberalization of France and was nominated for the first
and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. More than
half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 collectively known
as Les Rougon-Macquart. Unlike Balzac, who in the midst of his
literary career resynthesized his work into La Comedie Humaine,
Zola from the start, at the age of 28, had thought of the complete
layout of the series. Set in France's Second Empire, the series
traces the "environmental" influences of violence,
alcohol, and prostitution which became more prevalent during the
second wave of the Industrial Revolution. The series examines two
branches of a family-the respectable (that is, legitimate) Rougons
and the disreputable (illegitimate) Macquarts-for five
generations. The self-proclaimed leader of French naturalism,
Zola's works inspired operas such as those of Gustave Charpentier,
notably Louise in the 1890s. His works, inspired by the concepts
of heredity (Claude Bernard), social Manicheanism, and idealistic
socialism, resonate with those of Nadar, Manet, and subsequently
Flaubert. He is considered to be a significant influence on those
writers that are credited with the creation of the so-called new
journalism; Wolfe, Capote, Thompson, Mailer, Didion, Talese and
others. Tom Wolfe wrote that his goal in writing fiction was to
document contemporary society in the tradition of John Steinbeck,
Charles Dickens, and Emile Zola. On February 7, 1898, Zola was
brought to trial for libel for publishing "J'accuse...!"
("I accuse...!"), an open letter written by Zola
published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore addressed
to President of France Felix Faure, which accused the government
of anti-Semitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a
French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong
penal servitude for espionage, a matter that became known
historically as the Dreyfus Affair. Zola pointed out judicial
errors and lack of serious evidence. The letter was printed on the
front page of the newspaper and caused a stir in France and
abroad. Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on 23
February 1898. He was sentenced to jail and was removed from the
Legion d'honneur, the highest French order of merit for military
and civil merits. To avoid jail time, Zola fled to England, and
stayed there until the French Government collapsed in 1899 as a
result of the sudden death of French President Faure from an
apoplectic seizure in the Elysee Palace on 16 February 1899, while
engaged in sexual activities in his office with 30-year-old
Marguerite Steinheil, a French woman famous for her many love
affairs with important men who was later charged with the murder
of her husband and mother. Zola continued to defend Dreyfus after
his return to France. Zola died four years after his famous letter
to the president. As a result of the popularity of the letter,
even in the English-speaking world, J'accuse! has become a common
generic expression of outrage and accusation against someone
powerful. Emile Zola died at his home in Paris, France aged 62 of
carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a blocked chimney. On June 4,
1908, Zola's remains were laid to rest in the Pantheon in Paris.
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April 2, 1865: The American Civil War
(The Civil War, The War Between The States): The Eastern Theater
Of The American Civil War: The Third Battle Of Petersburg (The
Breakthrough At Petersburg, The Fall Of Petersburg): -- The
Confederate defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the
Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to
abandon Richmond, Virginia. Confederate Gen. A. P. Hill is killed
in the battle. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee informed Confederate
President Jefferson Davis that he must evacuate the Confederate
capital at Richmond, Virginia. Davis and his cabinet then fled by
train. When Robert E. Lee died, he called to A. P. Hill, and his
last words were to his spectre: "Strike the tent". The
Third Battle Of Petersburg was fought south and southwest Virginia
in the area of Petersburg, Virginia, at the end of the 292-day
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. The Union Army
(Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the
James) under the overall command of General-in-Chief Lieutenant
General Ulysses S. Grant, launched an assault on General Robert E.
Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's Petersburg, Virginia
trenches and fortifications after the Union victory at the Battle
of Five Forks on April 1, 1865. As a result of that battle the
Confederate right flank and rear were exposed. The remaining
supply lines were cut and the Confederate defenders were reduced
by over 10,000 men killed, wounded, taken prisoner or in flight.
The thinly held Confederate lines at Petersburg had been stretched
to the breaking point by earlier Union movements that extended
those lines beyond the ability of the Confederates to man them
adequately and by desertions and casualties from recent battles.
As the much larger Union forces assaulted the lines, desperate
Confederate defenders held off the Union breakthrough long enough
for Confederate government officials and most of the remaining
Confederate army, including local defense forces and some
Confederate Navy personnel, to flee Petersburg and the Confederate
capital of Richmond, Virginia, during the night of April 2-3.
Confederate corps commander Lieutenant General A.P. Hill was
killed during the fighting. Union soldiers occupied Richmond and
Petersburg on April 3, 1865, but most of the Union Army pursued
the Army of Northern Virginia until they surrounded it, forcing
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April 2, 1891: #BOTD: #HBD! 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 (d. April 1, 1976) is #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. Max Ernst 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. He eventually settled in
France and achieved financial success in the 1950s. Max Ernst died
on unspecified causes the day before his 85 birthday in Paris,
France. He is interred at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2, 1914: #BOTD: #HBD! Sir Alec
Guinness, CH, CBE, English actor (d. August 5, 2000) is #born Alec
Guinness de Cuffe at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale
Road, Maida Vale in London. He had an early career on the stage,
and later was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies,
including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he
played nine different characters. He is also known for his six
collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great
Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson
in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the
Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia
(1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and
Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984). He is also known
for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original
Star Wars trilogy, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actor. Guinness was one of three British
actors, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who made the
transition from Shakespearean theatre to blockbuster films
immediately after World War II. Guinness served in the Royal Naval
Reserve during the war and commanded a landing craft during the
invasion of Sicily and Elba. During the war he was granted leave
to appear in the stage play Flare Path about RAF Bomber Command.
Guinness won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Tony
Award. In 1959, he was knighted by Elizabeth II for services to
the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
1960, the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980
and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1989. Guinness appeared
in nine films that featured in the BFI's 100 greatest British
films of the 20th century, which included five of Lean's films. He
died August 5, 2000 of liver cancer in the market town of Midhurst
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Today's
EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: America
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2, 1917: The European Civil War:
World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World
War I): The Western Front Of World War I: American Entry Into
World War I: -- United States President Woodrow Wilson asks a
special joint session of Congress for a declaration of war on the
German Empire, stating, "We have no selfish ends to serve".
To make the conflict seem like a better idea, he painted the
conflict idealistically, stating that the war would "make the
world safe for democracy" and later that it would be a "war
to end war". The United States had a moral responsibility to
enter the war, Wilson proclaimed. The future of the world was
being determined on the battlefield, and American national
interest demanded a voice. Wilson's definition of the situation
won wide acclaim, and, indeed, has shaped America's role in world
and military affairs ever since. Wilson believed that if the
Central Powers won, the consequences would be bad for the United
States. Germany would have dominated the continent and perhaps
would gain control of the seas as well. Latin America could well
have fallen under Berlin's control. The dream of spreading
democracy, liberalism, and independence would have been shattered.
On the other hand, if the Allies had won without help, there was a
danger they would carve up the world without regard to American
commercial interests. They were already planning to use government
subsidies, tariff walls, and controlled markets to counter the
competition posed by American businessmen. The solution was a
third route, a "peace without victory", according to
Wilson. On April 6, 1917, Congress declared war. In the Senate,
the resolution passed 82 to 6, with Senators Harry Lane, William
J. Stone, James Vardaman, Asle Gronna, Robert M. La Follette, Sr.,
and George W. Norris voting against it. In the House, the
declaration passed 373 to 50, with Claude Kitchin, a senior
Democrat, notably opposing it. Another opponent was Jeannette
Rankin, who alone voted against entry into both World War I and
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2, 1920: #BOTD: #HBD! Jack Webb,
American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter (d.
December 23, 1982) is #born John Randolph Webb in Santa Monica,
California. Jack Webb is most famous for his role as Sgt. Joe
Friday in the Dragnet franchise (which he also created). He was
the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited. Webb
was #born in Santa Monica, California, on April 2, 1920, son of
Samuel Chester Webb and Margaret (nee Smith) Webb. He grew up in
the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles. His father left home
before Webb was #born, and Webb never knew him. Webb was raised in
the Roman Catholic faith of his mother, who was of Irish and
Native American descent. One of the tenants in his mother'
boarding house was a former jazz musician, who began Webb'
lifelong interest in jazz by giving him a recording of Bix
Beiderbecke' "At the Jazz Band Ball.". In the late 1920s
and early 1930s, Webb lived in the parish of Our Lady of Loretto
Church and attended Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School in Echo
Park, where he served as an altar boy. He then attended Belmont
High School, near downtown Los Angeles. Webb was elected
student-body president of his high school. He wrote to Belmont'
student body in the 1938 edition of its yearbook, Campanile, "You
who showed me the magnificent warmth of friendship which I know,
and you know, I will carry with me forever." Webb attended
St. John' University, Minnesota, where he studied art. During
World War II, Webb enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps,
but he "washed out" of flight training. He later
received a hardship discharge because he was the primary financial
support for both his mother and grandmother. Following his
discharge, he moved to San Francisco, where a wartime shortage of
announcers led to a temporary appointment to his own radio show on
ABC' KGO Radio. The Jack Webb Show was a half-hour comedy that had
a limited run on ABC radio in 1946. Prior to that, he had a
one-man program, One Out of Seven, on KGO in which he dramatized a
news story from the previous week. By 1949, he had abandoned
comedy for drama, and starred in Pat Novak for Hire, a radio show
originating from KFRC about a man who worked as an unlicensed
private detective. The program co-starred Raymond Burr. Pat Novak
was notable for writing that imitated the hard-boiled style of
such writers as Raymond Chandler. Webb' radio shows included
Johnny Madero, Pier 23, Jeff Regan, Investigator, Murder and Mr.
Malone, Pete Kelly' Blues, and One Out of Seven. Webb provided all
of the voices on One Out of Seven, often vigorously attacking
racial prejudice. Webb' most famous motion-picture role was as the
combat-hardened Marine Corps drill instructor at Parris Island in
the 1957 film The D.I., with Don Dubbins as a callow Marine
private. Webb' hard-nosed approach to this role, that of Drill
Instructor Gunnery Sergeant James Moore, would be reflected in
much of his later acting. Webb was approached to play the role of
Vernon Wormer, Dean of Faber College, in National Lampoon' Animal
House, but he turned it down, saying "the movie didn't make
any damn sense". In 1968, Webb and his production partner
R.A. Cinader launched Adam-12 on NBC. A spinoff of Dragnet,
Adam-12 starred Martin Milner and Kent McCord as a pair of LAPD
beat cops, and followed their escapades while on patrol. Emergency
spun off of Adam-12. Webb cast his ex-wife, Julie London, as well
as her second husband and Dragnet ensemble player Bobby Troup, as
head nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early. He also produced
Project UFO, an anthology based on the investigations into UFOs as
compiled by Project Bluebook that also ran for two seasons
beginning in 1978. Jack Webb died in the early morning hours of a
Thursday of an apparent heart attack in West Hollywood, California
at age 62. He is interred at Sheltering Hills Plot 1999, Forest
Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, and was given a
funeral with full Los Angeles police honors. On Webb's death, Los
Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates announced that badge number 714,
which was used by Joe Friday in Dragnet, would be retired. Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley ordered all flags lowered to half staff
in Webb's honor for a day, and Webb was buried with a replica LAPD
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2, 1942: #BOTD: #HBD! Leon Russell,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. November 13, 2016) is
#born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was involved
with numerous bestselling pop music records over the course of his
60-year career. His genres included pop, rock, blues, country,
bluegrass, standards, gospel and surf records. He was awarded six
gold records. His collaborations rank as some of the most
successful in music history, and as a touring musician he
performed with hundreds of notable artists. He recorded 33 albums
and at least 430 songs. He wrote "Delta Lady", recorded
by Joe Cocker, and organized and performed with Cocker's "Mad
Dogs and Englishmen" tour in 1970. His "A Song for You",
included in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018, has been recorded by
more than 200 artists, and his "This Masquerade" by more
than 75. As a pianist, he played in his early years on albums by
the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean, and appeared on the music
television show Shindig. On his first album, Leon Russell, in
1970, the musicians included Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and George
Harrison. One of his biggest early fans, Elton John said Russell
was a "mentor" and "inspiration". They
recorded their album The Union in 2010, which earned them a Grammy
nomination. Russell produced and played in recording sessions for
Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Ike and Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones,
and others. He wrote and recorded the hits "Tight Rope"
and "Lady Blue". He performed at the Concert for
Bangladesh in 1971 along with Harrison, Dylan and Eric Clapton. In
2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and
the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Leon Russell died in his sleep at
his suburban Nashville home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on November
13, 2016, at the age of 74, his wife said in a statement on his
website. In 2010, he had undergone surgery, and in July 2016 he
suffered a heart attack. He was recovering from heart surgery.
Russell's funeral was on November 18 at Victory Baptist Church in
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and a public memorial was held at The Oral
Roberts University Mabee Center on November 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He is interred at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Elton John, who had once been Russell's opening act, acknowledged
him as his "biggest influence as a piano player, a singer and
a songwriter." On hearing of Russell's death, he said: "My
darling Leon Russell passed away last night. He was a mentor,
inspiration and so kind to me. I loved him and always will."
John once recalled "When Mr. Russell's "Greatest Hits"
album came on one day during the trip, I started to cry, it moved
me so much. His music takes me back to the most wonderful time in
my life, and it makes me so angry that he's been forgotten."
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2, 1982: The British Empire: The
Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas): The Falkland Islands
Sovereignty Dispute: The Invasion Of The Falkland Islands
(Spanish: Invasion De Las Islas Malvinas) (Operation Rosario
[Spanish: Operacion Rosario]) -- Argentina invades the Falkland
Islands in order to capture the Falkland Islands, a brazen act
that served as the catalyst for the subsequent Falklands War. The
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Today, April 2, 2026
April 2: National Love Your Produce
Manager Day: -- This is a day for customers to express their
gratitude to the supermarket produce managers, and the wonderful
work they do to ensure that we get fresh food daily. The day
acknowledges all the hard work that produce managers do to bring
us the world's best produce straight to our storefront. Produce
managers are members of the supermarket administrative staff. They
are responsible for choosing which produce their store will sell
and the best places they can source it. Don't forget to thank a
produce manager today. The next time you are in the produce
section of your grocery store, take a moment to realize that
someone has to order the fresh produce, keep the shelves stocked,
and bring you fresh seasonal produce all the time. New produce
only finds its way to supermarkets when a produce manager takes
the initiative to stock it. In addition to placing orders, produce
managers set up visually appealing displays and help customers
have easy access to the best items. They decide on the colors,
sizes, flavors, and options that are on offer to the customers. In
effect, just about everything that pops up on your plate was
brought to you by a produce manager. How remarkable is that?
National Love Your Produce Manager Day was first observed in 2012.
The day highlights the role of a store's produce manager, who is
fully responsible for creating and maintaining the produce
display. This person also works within the supermarket's
guidelines to optimize sales and boost the net profit of their
department. In addition to these duties, produce managers are
involved in introducing and experimenting with new products in
their department. Consequently, many supermarket sales depend on
the efforts of these managers. They aim to offer better customer
service; a well-qualified and efficient manager contributes to
building a loyal customer base that's sure to keep shoppers
returning for more. Businesses that invest in produce managers
invariably perform much better than those that do not.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Hans
Christian Andersen: A True Myth MP4 Video Download Or DVD
Today, April 2, 2026April 2: Children's Picture Book Day: --
April 2, 1805: #BOTD: #HBD! Hans Christian Andersen, often
referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen, prolific writer of
plays, travelogues, novels and poems, best remembered for his
fairy tales (d. August 4, 1875) is #born in Odense, Denmark.
Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories
express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's
fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been
translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally
embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily
accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and
resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's
New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The
Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly
Duckling", "Thumbelina", The Princess And The Pea",
and many others. His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and
animated and live-action films. There is much evidence to suggest
that Andersen was an illegitimate son of King Christian VIII of
Denmark. One of Copenhagen's widest and busiest boulevards is
labeled "H.C. Andersens Boulevard".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1513: Pascua Florida Day: --
Spanish explorer Ponce De Leon, having spotted land on March 27,
comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing
somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine, now the oldest
city in the continental U.S., and the mouth of the St. Johns
River, and claims it for the Spanish Crown, naming it "La
Florida", Spanish for flowery, covered with flowers, or
abounding in flowers. Pascua Florida Day is celebrated on April 2
every year to commemorates this event, a name derived from the
Spanish Easter celebration known as "Pascua Florida,",
Spanish for Easter Florida, which in 1953 was adopted by Florida's
legislature as Pascua Florida Day. Juan Ponce de Leon was a
Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of
Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first
known European expedition to La Florida, which he named during his
first voyage to the area in 1513. Though in popular culture, he
was supposedly searching for the Fountain of Youth, there is no
contemporary evidence to support the story, which all modern
historians call a myth. Florida, Spanish for "land of
flowers", is the southernmost contiguous state in the United
States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico,
to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east
by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida.
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1872: #DOTD: #RIP: Samuel Morse,
American inventor and painter (b. April 27, 1791) #dies in New
York City aged 80. He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn, New York. By the time of his death, his estate was
valued at some 500K USD (12.7M USD in 2024). In his will he
provided an award medal that is presented annually by the New York
University to one undergraduate student who shows special ability
in physics. Samuel Morse was #born Samuel Finley Breese Morse in
Charlestown, Massachusetts. After having established his
reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse
contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system
based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code
and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. April 27
honors Morse and his invention with Morse Code Day, a precise,
concise form of communication that played a role in wars and
influenced Western life in general when Morse invented it.
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1800: Premieres: Theatre
Premieres: Musical Premieres: Symphony Premieres: -- Ludwig van
Beethoven leads the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op.
21, at the K.K. Hoftheater nachst der Burg in Vienna, Austria.
Beethoven dedicated it to Baron Gottfried van Swieten, an early
patron of the composer. The piece was published in 1801 by
Hoffmeister & Kuhnel of Leipzig. It is not known exactly when
Beethoven finished writing this work, but sketches of the finale
were found to be from 1795. The symphony is clearly indebted to
Beethoven's predecessors, particularly his teacher Joseph Haydn as
well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but nonetheless has
characteristics that mark it uniquely as Beethoven's work, notably
the frequent use of sforzandi, as well as sudden shifts in tonal
centers that were uncommon for traditional symphonic form
(particularly in the 3rd movement), and the prominent, more
independent use of wind instruments. Sketches for the finale are
found among the exercises Beethoven wrote while studying
counterpoint under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger in the spring of
1797. The premiere took place on April 2, 1800 at the K.K.
Hoftheater nachst der Burg in Vienna. Most sources agree that the
concert program also included Beethoven's Septet as well as a
symphony by Mozart, but there is some disagreement as to whether
the remainder of the program included excerpts from Haydn's
oratorio The Creation or from The Seasons and whether Beethoven's
own Piano Concerto No. 1 or No. 2 was performed. This concert
effectively served to announce Beethoven's talents to Vienna.
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1932: #DOTD: #RIP: Bill Pickett,
African American cowboy, rodeo performer, Wild West Show star and
actor known as "The Dusky Demon", inventer of the
technique of bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the
horns and wrestling them to the ground (b. (December 5, 1870)
#dies from a kick in the head by a bronco. He is buried on the 101
Ranch, located near modern day Ponca City, Oklahome, near a
15-foot stone monument to the friendship of Ponca Tribal Chief
White Eagle and the Miller Brothers (who owned the 101 Ranch) on
Monument Hill, also known as the White Eagle Monument to the
locals, less than a quarter of a mile to the northeast of Marland,
Oklahoma. He was born Willie M. Pickett in the Jenks Branch
community of Williamson County, Texas, a freedom colony located
between the modern towns of Leander and Liberty Hill in Williamson
County, Texas. Pickett soon became known for his tricks and stunts
at local country fairs. With his four brothers, he established The
Pickett Brothers Bronco Busters and Rough Riders Association. The
name Bill Pickett soon became synonymous with successful rodeos.
He did his bulldogging act, traveling about in Texas, Arizona,
Wyoming, and Oklahoma. In 1905, Pickett joined the 101 Ranch Wild
West Show that featured the likes of Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers,
Tom Mix, Bee Ho Gray, and Zach and Lucille Mulhall; he performed
under the name "The Dusky Demon." Pickett was soon a
popular performer who toured around the world and appeared in
early motion pictures, such as a movie created by Richard E.
Norman. Pickett's ethnicity resulted in his not being able to
appear at many rodeos, so he often was forced to claim that he was
of Comanche heritage in order to perform. In 1921, he appeared in
the films The Bull-Dogger and The Crimson Skull. In 1989, Pickett
was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1935: #DOTD: #RIP: Bennie Moten,
African American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. November 13,
1894) #dies at Kansas City's Wheatley-Provident Hospital in Kansas
City, Missouri at the age of 40 following a failed tonsillectomy.
He is buried at Highland Cemetery in Kansas City. He was born
Benjamin Moten in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was raised and
founded the Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the
regional, blues-based orchestras, known as territory bands, active
in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing
style that would come to define many of the 1930s Big Bands. Moten
started making music from an early age and developed as a pianist,
pulling together other musicians in a band. His first recordings
were made (for OKeh Records) on September 23, 1923, and were
rather typical interpretations of the New Orleans style of King
Oliver and others. They also showed the influence of the ragtime
that was still popular in the area, as well as the stomping beat
for which his band was famous. These OKeh sides (recorded
1923-1925) are some of the more valuable acoustic jazz 78s of the
era; they are treasured records in many serious jazz collections.
They signed with Victor Records in 1926, and were influenced by
the more sophisticated style of Fletcher Henderson. More often
than not, their pieces featured a hard stomp beat that was
extremely popular in Kansas City. Moten continued to be one of
Victor's most popular orchestras through 1930. Their song "Kansas
City Shuffle" was recorded during this time. (The band
recorded prolifically, and many of their records were issued in
Victor's regular series, not specifically marketed to the Black
community as some other bands were.) By 1927, Moten's orchestra
contained many names associated with Kansas City music, and
included Harlan Leonard (alto sax), Jack Washington (alto and
baritone sax), Ed Lewis and Lamar Wright (trumpets) and Willie
McWashington (drums). His orchestra featured the standard Kansas
City style at the time: smooth sax chorus over tinkling piano and
a bass drum beat. Moten's popular 1928 recording of "South"
on Victor V-38021 (itself a remake of the first version on OKeh
from late 1924) stayed in Victor's catalog over the years. (It was
reissued as 24893 in 1935, as Victor phased out any remaining
V-38000 series that were still in the catalog.) In the late 1940s,
it became a big jukebox hit (by then, reissued as 44-0004). It
remained in print (as a vinyl 45) until RCA stopping making vinyl
records. By 1928 Moten's piano was showing some boogie woogie
influences, but the real revolution came in 1929, after he
recruited Count Basie, Walter Page, and Oran 'Hot Lips' Page.
Walter Page's walking bass lines gave the music an entirely new
feel compared to the 2/4 tuba of his predecessor Vernon Page,
colored by Basie's understated, syncopated piano fills. Another
boon to the band was adding Jimmy Rushing as their primary
vocalist. Their final session showed the early stages of what
became known as the "Basie sound," four years before
Basie recorded under his own name. (They made 10 recordings at
Victor's Camden, New Jersey, studios on December 13, 1932, during
a time when the band was suffering significant financial
hardship.) By this time Ben Webster and Rushing had joined Moten's
band, but Moten himself did not play on these sessions. These
sides were mostly arranged by Eddie Durham, and they include a
number of tunes that later became swing classics. Nathan W.
Pearson Jr. summarized Bennie Moten's influence on Kansas City's
jazz legacy: "Among Kansas City musicians... the city, the
style, and the era of its flowering are virtually synonymous with
the Bennie Moten Orchestra."
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 2003: #DOTD: #RIP: Edwin Starr,
African American singer and songwriter (b. January 21, 1942) #dies
at the age of 61 of a heart attack while taking a bath at his home
in Bramcote near Nottingham, England. Edwin Starr was born Charles
Edwin Hatcherin Nashville, Tennessee. Starr was famous for his
Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most
notably the number one hit "War". Born in Nashville and
raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he later lived in Detroit while singing
for Ric-Tic and Motown Records. He was backed by the band that
became known as "Black Merda". Hawkins and Veasey of the
group played on most of his early hits on the Ric Tic Label.
Starr's songs "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Stop the War
Now" were also major successes, in 1969 and 1971
respectively. In the 1970s Starr's base shifted to the United
Kingdom, where he continued to produce music, and resided until
his death.
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1968: The American Civil Rights
Movement: Anti-Black Racism In The United States: Segregation:
Racial Segregation: Civil Rights Protests: Civil Rights Protests
In The United States: Labor Union Disputes (Trade Union Disputes):
Strikes (Strike Actions, Labor Strikes, Labour Strikes):
Sanitation Strikes: The Memphis Sanitation Strike (The Memphis
Sanitation Strike Of 1968): The March 28 Riot And Police Shooting
Of Larry Payne: -- The Funeral for Larry Payne, a sixteen-year old
African American teenager (birthdate undetermined) who was killed
following a march in support of the Memphis sanitation strike on
Thursday, March 28, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, occurs during the
Memphis Sanitation Strike at Clayborn Temple on a Tuesday with six
hundred mourners in attendance. Striking sanitation workers,
clergy members who supported the strike, and national television
representatives were all in attendance, as well as the students
and faculty of Mitchell Road High School where Payne was enrolled
prior to his death. Rev. B.T. Dumas, pastor of New Philadelphia
Baptist Church gave the eulogy entitled "Man Is Like Grass
And Is Cut Down in Various Stages of Life." Rev. Dumas made
no reference to the unusual circumstances of Payne's death.
Payne's mother, Lizzie Mason Payne, had to be led from the church
because she was so full of grief. The Washington Post quoted her
as saying: "They killed you like a dog." There was a
five-hour wake the day before the funeral. He was the only
fatality on that day although the New Pittsburgh Courier reported
60 injured and 276 arrested. Conflicting accounts describe the
looting that occurred in tandem with the march on Thursday March
28, 1968 that led to a city-wide curfew and Mayor Loeb calling the
Tennessese National Guard. According to multiple witnesses, as
Payne emerged from a basement in the Fowler Homes housing
development, police officer Patrolman Leslie Dean Jones pressed
the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun into Payne's stomach and fired,
killing him. Payne reportedly had his hands up prior to his
killing and had asked the officer not to shoot. Jones later
claimed that Payne was holding a large butcher knife when he
emerged from the basement, a statement denied by witnesses to the
killing. The Shelby County grand jury did not press charges, and
the Department of Justice declared that there was insufficient
evidence to prosecute Jones when investigating him for civil
rights abuses. Martin Luther King Jr. called Payne's mother,
Lizzie Payne, on the phone to console her after her son's killing.
King planned to visit her during his next visit to Memphis, but
was assassinated seven days after Payne's killing, on April 4,
1968, when he returned to Memphis in an effort to hold a peaceful
march unmarred by looting and violence. After Payne's death,
Lizzie Payne moved to Flint, Michigan. The Memphis Sanitation
Strike began on February 12, 1968 with the slogan "I Am A
Man", in response to the deaths of sanitation workers Echol
Cole and Robert Walker who were killed when the compactor
accidentally activated when the pair sought refuge from a
rainstorm in the compactor area of the garbage truck while working
for the Memphis Department Of Sanitation at the corner of Colonial
Rd. and Verne Rd. on February 1, 1968; the only reason they took
shelter there was because they were not allowed to go into the
whites only office quarters. The garbage compactors were
defective, and had killed two other black sanitation workers in
1964 in the same manner, but the city refused to replace or repair
them. The deaths served as a breaking point for more than 1,300
African American men from the Memphis Department of Public Works
as they demanded higher wages, time and a half overtime, dues
check-off, safety measures, and pay for the rainy days when they
were told to go home. The Memphis Sanitation Strike was led by
T.O. Jones and had the support of Jerry Wurf, president of the
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME) and the local branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The AFSCME was chartered in
1964 by the state; the city of Memphis refused to recognize it.
This resulted in the second sanitation Worker Strike in 1968 which
began because of several incidents that led the employees to
strike. Mayor Henry Loeb refused to recognize the strike and
rejected the City Council vote, insisting that only he possessed
the power to recognize the union. The Memphis Sanitation Strike
prompted Martin Luther King Jr.'s presence, where he famously gave
the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech a day before
his assassination.
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EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: RMS
Titanic Documentaries DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1912: Watercraft: Merchant Ships
(Merchant Vessels, Trading Vessels, Merchantmen): Passenger Ships:
Ocean Liners: RMS Titanic: -- The ill-fated British passenger
liner RMS Titanic begins sea trials. Twelve days later, the
Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 PM and sank
at 2:20 AM the next day on her maiden voyage, travelling from
Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224
passengers and crew aboard, and more than 1,500 died, making it
one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in
modern history. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the
time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class
ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. It was built by the
Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her
architect, died in the disaster. Titanic was under the command of
Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner
carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as
hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia
and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the
United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be
the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium,
swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent
cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available
for sending passenger "marconigrams" and for the ship's
operational use. Although Titanic had advanced safety features
such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight
doors, Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178
people-about half the number on board, and one third of her total
capacity-due to outdated maritime safety regulations. The ship
carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each,
for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of
20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to
launch during the sinking. After leaving Southampton on April 10,
1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now
Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York. On April 14,
four days into the crossing and about 375 miles south of
Newfoundland, Titanic received six warnings of sea ice but was
travelling near her maximum speed when her lookouts sighted the
iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a
glancing blow that caused the hull plates to buckle inwards along
her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen
watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four
flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were
evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially
loaded. A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because
of a "women and children first" protocol for loading
lifeboats. At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered with well
over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after
Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought
aboard an estimated 705 survivors. The disaster was met with
worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the
regulatory and operational failures that led to it. Public
inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major
improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important
legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still
governs maritime safety today. Additionally, several new wireless
regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn
from the many missteps in wireless communications which could have
saved many more passengers. The wreck of Titanic was discovered in
1985 (more than 70 years after the disaster), and remains on the
seabed. The ship was split in two and is gradually disintegrating
at a depth of 12,415 feet Thousands of artefacts have been
recovered and displayed at museums around the world. Titanic has
become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept
alive by numerous works of popular culture, including books, folk
songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. Titanic is the second
largest ocean liner wreck in the world, only beaten by her sister
HMHS Britannic, the largest ever sunk. The final survivor of the
sinking, Millvina Dean, aged two months at the time, died in 2009
at the age of 97.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Bloopers: Radio & TV Outtakes CD, MP3 Audio Download, USB
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1987: #DOTD: #RIP: Buddy Rich,
American jazz drummer, bandleader, songwriter, singer, tap dancer
and actor, widely considered one of the most influential drummers
of all time and known for his virtuoso technique, power, and
speed, billed as "the world's greatest drummer" during
his career (b. September 30, 1917) #dies of unexpected respiratory
and cardiac failure aged 69 after a treatment related to the
malignant brain tumor in Los Angeles. His wife Marie and daughter
Cathy buried him in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los
Angeles. Buddy Rich was born Bernard Rich in Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Bess Skolnik and Robert
Rich, both American vaudevillians. Before he turned two, he was
part of his parents' act on vaudeville, but on breaks he would
sneak into the orchestra pit and try to get the drummer's sticks.
He was on Broadway as Baby Traps the Drum Wonder at age four,
playing "The Stars And Stripes Forever" on a drum. He
was a singer and tap dancer. Rich would often sneak into jazz
clubs at an age when he looked old enough to sit on the drum set.
In his teens he led a band and toured in the U.S. and Australia.
At 15 he became the second highest paid child entertainer behind
Jackie Coogan during the 1930s. His jazz career began in 1937 with
clarinetist Joe Marsala. He became a member of big bands led by
Bunny Berigan and Artie Shaw. When he was home from touring with
Shaw, he gave drum lessons to a 14-year-old Mel Brooks for six
months. At 21, he participated in his first major recording with
the Vic Schoen Orchestra who backed the Andrews Sisters. In 1942,
Rich left the Dorsey band to join the United States Marine Corps,
in which he served as a judo instructor and never saw combat. Rich
joined the Marines to fight the Germans but instead wound up
fighting flagrant anti-Semitism, a battle that landed him in the
stockade. He was discharged in 1944 for unspecified medical
reasons. After leaving the Marines, he returned to the Dorsey
band. In 1946, with financial support from Frank Sinatra, he
formed a band and continued to lead bands intermittently until the
early 1950s. Following the war, Rich formed his own big band,
which often played at the Apollo Theater and featured backing
vocals from Frank Sinatra. He performed with many bandleaders,
most notably Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Count Basie, and led his
own big band. He also had a legendary temper. His mercurial
attitude and imposing personality were documented in secret
recordings that pianist Lee Musiker made during some of his
outbursts on tour buses and backstage in the early 1980s,
recordings known as The Bus Tapes. These recordings have done much
to fuel the reputation of Rich's personality. The tapes were
popular with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who used three quotes from
them more or less verbatim on Seinfeld: 1) "If I have to tell
you again, we're gonna take it outside and I'm gonna show you what
it's like!" ("The Opposite"); 2) "This guy:
this is not my kind of guy." ("The Understudy");
and 3) "Then let's see how he does, up there, without all the
assistance!" ("The Butter Shave"). On one
recording, Rich threatens to fire Dave Panichi, a trombonist, for
having a beard. While he threatened many times to fire members of
his band, he seldom did so, and for the most part he lauded his
musicians during television and print interviews. The day before
Rich died, he was visited by Mel Torme, who claims that one of
Rich's last requests was to hear the tapes that featured his angry
outbursts. At the time, Torme was working on an authorized
biography of Rich, which was released after Rich's death, titled
Traps: The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich. Torme included
edited excerpts of the tapes in the book, but never played them
for Rich.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Washington, D.C. History Video Set DVD, MP4 Download, USB Flash
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Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1891: #DOTD: #RIP: Albert Pike,
American lawyer, Confederate general, writer, journalist and
Freemason (b. December 29, 1809) #dies at the Scottish Rite Temple
of the Supreme Council in Washington DC, at the age of 81. He was
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, despite the fact that he had left
instructions for his body to be cremated.. Notably, he published a
book called Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry in 1871, of which there were several
subsequent editions. This helped the order grow during the
nineteenth century. From 1901 to 2020, he was the only Confederate
military officer with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Charlie
Chaplin: The Little Tramp w/Joel Grey MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1972: Anti-Communism In The
United States: The Red Scare: The Second Red Scare: -- Charlie
Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since
being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
In 1952, Chaplin decided to hold the world premiere of his new
movie Limelight in London, since it was the setting of the film.
As he left Los Angeles, he expressed a premonition that he would
not be returning. At New York, he boarded the RMS Queen Elizabeth
with his family on September 18, 1952. The next day, attorney
general James P. McGranery revoked Chaplin's re-entry permit and
stated that he would have to submit to an interview concerning his
political views and moral behaviour in order to re-enter the US.
Although McGranery told the press that he had "a pretty good
case against Chaplin", Maland has concluded, on the basis of
the FBI files that were released in the 1980s, that the US
government had no real evidence to prevent Chaplin's re-entry. It
is likely that he would have gained entry if he had applied for
it. However, when Chaplin received a cablegram informing him of
the news, he privately decided to cut his ties with the United
States: "Whether I re-entered that unhappy country or not was
of little consequence to me. I would like to have told them that
the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the
better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral
pomposity...". In 1972, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts
And Sciences offered Chaplin an Honorary Academy Award. Chaplin
was initially hesitant about accepting it, but decided to return
to the US for the first time in 20 years. The visit attracted a
large amount of press coverage and, at the Academy Awards gala, he
was given a twelve-minute standing ovation, the longest in the
Academy's history. Visibly emotional, Chaplin accepted his award
for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion
pictures the art form of this century".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Television: A History Of Broadcast TV DVD MP4 Download USB Drive
Today, April 2, 2026April 2, 1953: #BOTD: #HBD! Debralee
Scott, American comedic actress best known for her roles on the
sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter; Angie; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman;
and Forever Fernwood (d. April 5, 2005) is #born then raised in
Elizabeth, New Jersey. She later lived in Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania, where she was a cheerleader. At age 22, she found
fame on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman playing Mary's sister Cathy
Shumway. She appeared on the first season of the sitcom Welcome
Back, Kotter as Rosalie "Hotsy" Totsy, guest-starred in
an episode of Gibbsville in 1976 and played Angie's younger sister
Marie Falco in the Donna Pescow situation comedy Angie. Among her
feature-film credits were the 1973 feature film American Graffiti,
the 1974 film Earthquake, and the 1984 film Police Academy. Scott
was a fixture on the game-show circuit in the late 1970s and early
1980s, frequently serving as a celebrity guest on shows including
Match Game, The 20K USD Pyramid, Riddlers, and Password Plus.
Scott also appeared on Celebrity Family Feud on November 4, 1979
with the cast of Angie. The cast of Angie took on the cast of The
Ropers. In the Fast Money round, she got 176 points out of the 200
needed to win. Partner Robert Hays only needed 24 points as they
won 10K USD for their charity. In the final Fast Money round of
the special event, she scored 234 points all by herself, getting 4
of the 5 most popular answers and winning before Hays ever got a
chance to play. Host Richard Dawson noted that she was the first
celebrity player and the fourth player in the show's history to
win a Fast Money round single-handedly. For a while, Scott
continued to work in front of the camera, appearing in two Police
Academy movies, but she later retired and chose a career behind
the camera, becoming an agent for a company in New York City
called Empowered Artists. In 2000, Scott appeared on a panel with
her former Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman castmates at the Museum of
Television and Radio in Beverly Hills. Scott's fiance John Dennis
Levi, a police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey, died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Her sister Jerri
added that "she never did get over Dennis' death"; her
fiance's mother later stated that Scott had a drinking problem
that led to her developing cirrhosis, which led to her own death.
In 2005, Scott moved to Florida to live with her sister. Shortly
after her arrival, Scott fell into a coma and was hospitalized.
She recovered and was released from the hospital on her birthday.
Three days later, she took a nap and died in her sleep. Her
remains were cremated; the final disposition of her ashes are not
publicly disclosed.
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