April 8, 2009

8 - Venus de Milo

1513: Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon discovers Florida.

1789: The U.S. House of Representatives meets for the first time.

1820: The marble Greek statue, Venus de Milo is discovered on Melos, an Aegean island.

1867: The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.

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Today's Birthdays:
Indian religious leader Guatama Buddha (563-483 BC)
Harvey Cushing (pioneer of brain surgery) (1869-1939)
Ray Knight "Father of Canadian Rodeo" (1872-1947)
Actress and studio founder Mary Pickford (1893-1979)

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Something to Think About:
"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson