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#1 Today in history - April 26
Today is Saturday, April 26, the 117th day of 2008. There are 249 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On April 26, 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Va., on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. (They later settled at Jamestown.)
On this date:
In 1785, American naturalist and artist John James Audubon was born in present-day Haiti.
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Bowling Green, Va., and killed.
In 1937, planes from Nazi Germany raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1945, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the head of France's Vichy government during World War II, was arrested.
In 1964, the African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania.
In 1968, the United States exploded beneath the Nevada desert a 1.3 megaton nuclear device called "Boxcar."
In 1970, the Stephen Sondheim musical "Company" opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York.
In 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl plant in the Soviet Union.
In 1993, Conan O'Brien was named to succeed David Letterman as host of NBC's "Late Night" program.
In 2000, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
Ten years ago: Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera, a leading human rights activist in Guatemala, was bludgeoned to death two days after the public release of a report he had compiled on atrocities during Guatemala's 36-year civil war.
Five years ago: A Soyuz rocket carrying American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko blasted off for the international space station. Actor Charlton Heston, diagnosed with symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, made his last appearance as president of the National Rifle Association during a convention in Orlando, Fla., where he briefly thanked the membership.
One year ago: The Senate joined the House in clearing legislation calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin by Oct. 1, 2007, with a goal of a complete pullout six months later. (President Bush vetoed the measure.) Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered in Orangeburg, S.C., for their first debate of the 2008 campaign, during which they heaped criticism on President Bush's Iraq policy. Former White House aide and movie industry lobbyist Jack Valenti died in Washington at age 85.
Today's Birthdays: Actress-comedian Carol Burnett is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Maurice Williams is 70. Songwriter-musician Duane Eddy is 70. Singer Bobby Rydell is 66. Rock musician Gary Wright is 65. Actor Giancarlo Esposito is 50. Rock musician Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) is 48. Actress Joan Chen is 47. Rock musician Chris Mars is 47. Actor-singer Michael Damian is 46. Actor Jet Li is 45. Rock musician Jimmy Stafford (Train) is 44. Actor-comedian Kevin James is 43. Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste is 41. Country musician Joe Caverlee (Yankee Grey) is 40. Rapper T-Boz (TLC) is 38. Country musician Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flats) is 37. Country musician Michael Jeffers (Pinmonkey) is 36. Rock musician Jose Pasillas (Incubus) is 32. Actor Tom Welling is 31. Actress Jordana Brewster is 28. Actress Marnette Patterson is 28. Actor Channing Tatum is 28. Actor Aaron Weeks is 22.
Thought for Today: "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called." — John Stuart Mill, English political philosopher (1806-1873).
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