Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us.
Ben Hur Sets Oscar Record
April 4, 1960 – William Wyler’s Technicolor epic Ben-Hur is the behemoth entry at the 32nd annual Academy Awards ceremony held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Setting an Oscar record, the film swept 11 of the 12 categories in which it was nominated, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor (Charlton Heston).
Words
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I’ve Been To The Mountaintop”
April 3, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis, TN where he gave his last and renowned “I’ve been to the mountaintop” speech to a packed audience.
Words
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
– Paulo Coelho
Ponce de Leon Discovers Florida
April 2, 1513 – Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown.
Words
A few fun puns for Fools Day.
I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
– Edgar Allan Poe
Any fool can make a rule
And any fool will mind it.
– Henry David Thoreau
Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.
– Benjamin Franklin
April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.
– Mark Twain
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee,
And I’ll forgive Thy great big one on me.
– Robert Frost
April Fools Becomes Tradition
April the first stands mark’d by custom’s rules,
A day for being, and for making fools: —
But, pray, what custom, or what rule supplies
A day for making, or for being — wise?
~ Rev. Samuel Bishop, 1796
April Fools’ Day is a yearly observance on the first of April during which pranks and silly behavior are socially sanctioned and merriment is supposed to reign. Customary practices range from simple practical jokes played on friends, family, and coworkers to elaborate media hoaxes concocted for mass consumption.
I’ve included just a few of the interesting summaries covering the uncertain history of the tradition.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/03/31/dont-be-fooled-by-april-fools-day/
http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/origin_of_april_fools_day
Words
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
– Abraham Lincoln
Eiffel Tower Dedication
March 31, 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.
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