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Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 2:19 pm March 15, 44 BC

Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus on March 15. The day later became infamous as the Ides of March.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) - IMDb

=wikipediaThe conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders died during the hostilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

Jim wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:24 pm Happy National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! I prefer mine with tomato soup. Yummy.

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:31 am

5 Fast Facts: Berthe Morisot

2. One of a Kind
Morisot was the only woman to show at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. Her work hung beside pieces by artists such as Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Claude Monet.

3. Girl Power
Though surrounded by a circle of male painters, Morisot rarely painted men. Her works focus on women and children in domestic scenes that depict everyday French life.

4. A Critical Success
Critics tended to review Morisot’s works more positively than her Impressionist peers. One critic wrote, “The truth is there is only one Impressionist in the group and it is Berthe Morisot. She has already been acclaimed and should continue to be so.”

5. Prime Time
Morisot began experimenting with unprimed canvas in the 1880s, letting areas of the canvas show through and incorporating the blank spaces into her compositions.

Foggy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:23 am Battles of Lexington and Concord.

I looked around, but there's a shocking lack of video from the event.

Among the myriad souvenirs marketed at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair were fair-related songs, sold in the form of souvenir sheet-music and as musical recordings. At least 200 fair-themed songs were composed by professional and amateur songwriters, with more than fifty of these released as vinyl discs.
"Meet Me in Seattle (At The Fair)" written by Edward Chambreau and performed by local ensemble Joy and the Boys, was one of the first fair songs made public, in a front page Seattle Daily Times article announcing "World's Fair Tune Given Official O.K." Fair officials and members of the media had given the song an enthusiastic reception when it debuted at one of the band's regular gigs in late 1961. Shortly afterward, Seafair Records released this 45 rpm single, which was an instant success both on radio and in the stores.