Wednesday, April 30 2003

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Wednesday, April 30, 2003


Jackie Robinson

Spotlight
Jackie Robinson will probably receive a Congressional Gold Medal. Senators Boxer, Kerry, McCain, and Daschle are holding a press conference today to gain support for the bill.

Word of the day
anadromous -- ascending rivers from the sea for breeding salmon are anadromous (© )

Holiday
Walpurgisnacht

Today's News

AIDS -- President Bush announces $15 billion plan to fight disease in Africa
BP -- record Q1 profits on higher oil prices
Kobe Bryant -- 32 points helps Lakers upset Timberwolves

Today's History

George Washington -- took office in New York as the first president of the United States (1789)
Adolf Hitler -- committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun as Russian troops neared his Berlin bunker (1945)
Bangladesh -- cyclone killed an estimated 125,000 people (1991)

Today's Birthdays

Sheldon Harnick -- Broadway songwriter who wrote Fiddler on the Roof, turns 79
Willie Nelson -- singer of "On the Road Again", turns 70
Kirsten Dunst -- Mary Jane in the film Spider-Man, turns 21