Saturday
Mar. 27, 1999
The Owl and the Pussycat
Poems: "The Owl and the Pussycat," by Edward Lear.
It was on this day in 1933 that 55,000 New Yorkers staged a massive PROTEST AGAINST ADOLF HITLER.
It's the birthday in 1924, Newark, New Jersey, of singer SARAH VAUGHAN.
It was on this day in 1912 that 3,000 JAPANESE CHERRY TREES were planted along the Tidal Basin and Riverside Drive in Washington, D.C.
It was 100 years ago today, in 1899, that the FIRST INTERNATIONAL RADIO TRANSMISSION took place. Guglielmo Marconi set up a receiver and transmitter on either side of the English Channel.
It's the birthday of photographer EDWARD STEICHEN, born in Luxembourg, 1879, who helped bring photography into the modern era and make it an art form.
It's the birthday of the man who discovered X rays, WILHELM RÖNTGEN, born in Remscheid, Germany in 1845.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®