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While the bright radient sun in centre glows,
The earth in annual motion round it goes;
At the same time on its own axis reels,
And gives us change of seasons as it wheels.
–The 1793 Old Farmer's Almanac (title page of Vol. 1, No. 1) |
Friday, April 20, 2018
110th day of the year
Summer begins in 62 days
Funny Cide (thoroughbred race horse, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2003) was born on this day in 2000.
Dorothy Height (civil rights activist; she stood on the platform with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his historic "I Have a Dream" speech) died on this day in 2010.
Question of the Day
What can cause the kind of drastic weather change that occurred in South Dakota in 1943, when within two minutes temperatures went from 49 degrees F to -2 degrees F? Answer
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