Apr. 7th, 2006

Wiki birthday meme... 3 Events, 2 Births, 1 Death..

Dang I've got some choices to make...

Events:

1846 - First baseball game under recognizable modern rules in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States.

1865 - Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is henceforth unofficially celebrated as Juneteenth.

1954 - The Animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing the Tasmanian Devil

Births:

1623 - Blaise Pascal - French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662)

1903 - Lou Gehrig - baseball player (d. 1941 of his eponymous disease)

Death:

1953 - (Cheating) The Rosenbergs, both Julius and Ethel, were executed

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