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April 24, 2012

Today in history

Today is the 115th day of 2012 and the 36th day of spring.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States.

In 1916, the Easter Uprising began in Dublin, Ireland, as Irish nationalists seized several sites.

In 1980, the United States launched an unsuccessful attempt to free American hostages in Iran that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.

 

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), novelist/poet; Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), artist; Shirley MacLaine (1934- ), actress; Sue Grafton (1940- ), novelist; Barbra Streisand (1942- ), singer/actress; Cedric the Entertainer (1964- ), comedian/actor; Carlos Beltran (1977- ), baseball player; Kelly Clarkson (1982- ), singer.

 

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1901, the first American League game was played. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Blues, 8-2.

 

TODAY'S FACT: In 2011, American plastic surgeons performed 13.8 million cosmetic procedures; 1.6 million of these procedures were surgical, while the rest were "minimally invasive."

 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money." -- Robert Penn Warren

 

TODAY'S NUMBER: 14 -- teams in Major League Baseball's American League.

 

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (April 21) and first quarter (April 29).

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