Monday
Apr. 29, 1996
Today's Reading: "Little Citizen, Little Survivor" by Hayden Carruth from SCRAMBLED EGGS & WHISKEY: POEMS 1991-1995, published by Copper Canyon Press
Today is the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena, the patron saint of Italy.
It was on this day in 1429 when Joan of Arc entered the city of Orleans and led a victory over the English.
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born in Washington, DC in 1899.
The zipper was patented on this day in 1913 as a "separable fastener."
Dachau, the Nazi death camp, was liberated by the Seventh Army of the US armed forces on this day in 1945.
The musical HAIR opened on this day in 1968 at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®