Thursday, April 7, 2005

 

Spotlight: The first major competitive event of the golf season, The Masters, tees off today and ends on Sunday, April 10th. Phil Mickelson is the defending champion. Held at the Augusta National Golf Club, the tournament is one of golf's four major championships. The other three are the U.S. Open, the Open Championship (aka the British Open), and the PGA Championship. (The Masters' official website)

Quote: "If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball." -- Jack Lemmon

Word of the day: mulligan: a golf shot retaken when a player makes a poor first shot, usually in a social game (© )

Today's News:

• Mona Lisa: true colors come out (story)
• Solar eclipse: to darken world on day of pope's funeral (story)
• Trojan horses: may be hidden in fake e-cards (story)

Today's History:

• Italy: annexed Albania (1939)
• World Health Organization: established by UN (1948)
• Mars Odyssey: took off on a six-month, 286-million-mile journey to the red planet (2001)

Today's Birthdays:

• musicians: Billie Holiday (1915-1959), Ravi Shankar (85), John Oates (56), and Janis Ian (54)
• movies: James Garner (77), Ian Richardson (71), Francis Ford Coppola(66), and Russell Crowe (41)
• Ronde and Tiki Barber: twins who are both football pros (30)