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April 10, 2012

Today in history

Today is the 101st day of 2012 and the 22nd day of spring.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1933, the U.S. government created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to put unemployed young men to work.

In 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria.

In 1972, famed film comedian and director Charlie Chaplin received an honorary Oscar.

In 2003, Congress approved the Amber Alert system, which alerts the public to child abductions.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: William Hazlitt (1778-1830), writer; Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), publisher; Harry Morgan (1915-2011), actor; Max von Sydow (1929- ), actor; Omar Sharif (1932- ), actor; John Madden (1936- ), football coach/broadcaster; Steven Seagal (1951- ), actor; Mandy Moore (1984- ), actress/singer; Haley Joel Osment (1988- ), actor.

 

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers announced the purchase of Jackie Robinson's contract from the Montreal Royals, a minor-league club.

 

TODAY'S FACT: As of 2012, residents of the 0.77-square-mile principality of Monaco enjoyed the longest life expectancy in the world, at an average of 89.7 years.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself." -- Joseph Pulitzer

 

TODAY'S NUMBER: $30 -- monthly base pay for members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which from 1933 to 1942 employed an estimated 3 million young men.

 

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (April 6) and last quarter (April 13).

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