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April 26, 2012

Today in history

Today is the 117th day of 2012 and the 38th day of spring.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, was killed by federal troops in Virginia.

In 1937, German planes bombed the city of Guernica in Spain.

In 1986, fires and explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Soviet Union spread radioactive material over much of Europe.

In 2000, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing gay couples to form civil unions.

 

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), writer; Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), artist; Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), landscape architect; Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosopher; Bernard Malamud (1914-1986), writer; Carol Burnett (1933- ), actress/comedian; Jet Li (1963- ), actor; Kevin James (1965- ), actor/comedian.

 

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton defeated St. Louis 7-0 for his sixth career one-hitter.

 

TODAY'S FACT: The United States has 104 operational nuclear reactors, more than any other nation.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Someone who knows too much finds it hard not to lie." -- Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

TODAY'S NUMBER: 64,000 -- square miles contaminated by radioactive material from the Chernobyl disaster, an area approximately the size of Wisconsin.

 

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

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